Export records by using pidiag -xa

The pidiag utility is a collection of tools for diagnostics, information, and simple repairs. You can use the -xa option of pidiag to export Audit Database records to XML format text. The exported XML text allows you to view and analyze records with applications such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, or a Web browser.

For more information on pidiag, see the Data Archive reference topic, pidiag.

With the -xa option, you can choose to specify the following parameters.

• Start and end time

• The ID of a specific audit record

• One or more Audit Databases

• A different reference for a schema