When you use the bulk file uploader, you provide the extracted flat files and the source table metadata, in a master XML file. The bulk file uploader generates the table DDL and then loads data from the flat files into Data Vault. After the bulk file uploader loads the data, you can query it through ODBC/JDBC applications. You can also use all of the available Data Archive functionality on the data retired by the bulk file uploader. For an overview of the Data Archive integration process, see the "Discovery and Compliance from Data Archive" topic in this chapter.

Use the bulk file uploader when you want to archive large amounts of data to the Data Vault.

The following diagram illustrates the bulk file uploader architecture:

The bulk file uploader is supported for Linux and Microsoft Windows platforms.