Export Changes as XML

 

This option gives a programmer the most flexibility to process the changes using custom built code – as all edits and merges are listed in an XML file and can be processed according to your needs and limitations.  The program would need to read in the file and execute the Merges and Edits in the order they are listed in the file.

This is an example of the output you get from this file:

 

There are two key XML elements in this file:

1)    <Edit> This describes a single field being updated within a single record.  Edits can be independent, or nested as part of a Merge within its corresponding <Merge></Merge> tags.  For example:

This Edit is updating the field FirstName to “Kevin” where the primary key is 2895. 

 

2)    <Merge> This involves the deleting of the slave record which was confirmed by the user as being a duplicate of the master record.  For Example:

Often fields in the master record need to be updated with data in the slave to prevent data loss.  In this example, the merge is deleting the record 3546 and as part of that merge is updating record 1361 with a new ‘TotalSales’ value along with a new ‘CustomerStatus’ value.

 

Click here to view a description of the fields in this file, along with the XSD schema for the XML output.

 

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