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The best way to back up or migrate affiliate data is to export and import your MySQL database directly via phpMyAdmin or similar as shown in this WordPress codex article: Moving WordPress.
You can also use several different plugins that allow you to back up affiliate data:
When doing a MySQL dump of your database, you may run into the following error: #1227 - Access denied; you need (at least one of) the SUPER privilege(s) for this operation
To resolve the error, you can simply back up everything except the wp_affiliate_wp_campaigns table. The wp_affiliate_wp_campaigns table is not an actual table, it is a “view”. If you skip exporting the wp_affliate_wp_campaigns view, the problem should go away. Since the campaigns view is created automatically from the referrals / visits table, you do not need to include that in your backups. The campaigns view will automatically reflect the changes that happen in the referrals / visits tables.
Note: Your MySQL user does not necessarily need root access to create a view, but you will need to add the required privileges to create a view like Create_view_priv and Super_priv as shown here: Privileges Provided by MySQL. Make sure that the user has the CREATE VIEW privilege in order to use the CREATE VIEW statement for the view.