Import Task Definition Steps

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To define an import task, you will need to carry out the following steps.

1. Determine what it is that you want the import task to do.
2. Define what data is to be imported from the input file into the external set.
3. Define the external set with a SQL statement.
4. Define what data is to be imported from the external set into the application tables, and how (UPDATE, or INSERT).
5. Define the import SQL statements.
6. Define the import task.
7. Embed the import task into a previously defined job, or define a job for it.