An XDM native table copy task template is designed to copy data using a database specific copy tool (e.g. Db2 Unload/Load, MSSQL Export, Oracle Data Pump).

When a native table copy task is executed, it examines the source and target environment by processing selection rules, exclude rules, mapping rules, and reduction rules. The structures of the source and target tables are compared in order to determine whether there are any conditions that would prevent a successful copy, and whether any special handling of the tables is required. If necessary, a native table copy task is able to re-create tables and dependent objects.

The source and target RDBMS of a native table copy task can be of different types. For example, a native table copy task is able to copy from DB2 for Linux to Oracle for Windows. In this case XDM uses a generic load format (CSV).