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Update with Extracted Records

Batch processing allows you to select records from the administration database and write them to a sequential file called an extract file. You determine what user, profile, or session records are extracted by specifying extraction criteria. Extract files are used for creating reports and can also be used when updating large amounts of information. For information about how to extract user, profile, and session records, see the chapter Extracting Data.

After you have extracted the records, you can use the extract file to select the user, profile, or session records that you want to update. For example, you may want to update all users who use the CUA panels so that they use the English language panels. You could:

• Use an EXTRACT statement to extract all of the users who have their language option set to CU.
• Then use an UPDATE statement to change the language option to EN for all the user records in the extract file.

For information about how to use an extract file to add, delete, and modify records, see the chapter Using Extract Files for Updating.