# Note on running partial updates with XML input files

If you are using uncompressed XML files as the source files for partial updates, you should keep in mind that the data/partials/processing directory also contains other XML files (i.e., the project configuration XML files).

Therefore, if you are using a wildcard in the URL field for the input record adapter, you must make sure that it does not also reference the configuration XML files.

For example, avoid specifying a URL setting like this:

    URL: *.xml

Instead, you should use a URL setting that references the `INCR` prefix of the output filename, similar to this example:

    URL: *-INCR.xml

This will load files such as CrawlerOutput-INCR.xml but not the configuration files. See the Oracle Endeca CAS Developer's Guide for details on the naming format of the crawl output files.