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Contents of Extract Files

When you use the EXTRACT statement, information is extracted and written to an extract file. The extract file contains information about the users, profiles, or mail locators that match the criteria specified in the EXTRACT statement. Certain parameters in the EXTRACT statement also allow you to extract the sessions that are associated with users or profiles.

Extract files can be used for updating and reporting. For more information, see the chapter Using Extract Files for Updating and the chapter Using Extract Files for Reporting.

You can also use extract files with report generators such as SAS. For information about the format of extract files, see the appendix Extract File Layout.