Loading Metadata

In order to compare the source and target metadata, the selected record metadata attributes need to be extracted from the metadata tables. This creates a baseline of your metadata, against which you can compare changes. You load the metadata required for Alter Analyzer by running the PTALTDATLOAD Application Engine program. PTALTDATLOAD, runs against a subset of PeopleTools metadata tables, storing metadata related to record definitions into the metadata load PeopleTools tables.

Keep in mind that this process is designed for the "alter in place" upgrade process, where the source and target exist within the same physical database. PTALTDATLOAD runs against the current metadata tables, extracts the important record metadata attributes, and creates your metadata baseline. Then future alter processes can be compared against this baseline.