Extracting Data › Specify Extraction Criteria

Specify Extraction Criteria

BATCH uses the variable and value you specify in the EXTRACT statement as criteria to select the records that are written to the extract file. Using extraction criteria, you can extract users with a particular user ID, menu key, or another characteristic. You can selectively extract profiles in the same way.

For example, the following EXTRACT statement produces the output file named PA2USERS, containing the user records for all users whose menu key is PA2:

EXTRACT GIVING(PA2USERS) USER AND NO SESSIONS (UIDXMKEY(PA2))

You can then use the resulting extract file (PA2USERS) to update the user records or to generate a report on those users.