For orders you will usually need customers as well. I used this [answer][1] as reference when I first did this You want to only run the `bin/magento data:migrate` command. With `-r` if you want to start afresh. In your `config.xml`, comment out the `Eav` and other steps you want to exclude: <steps mode="data"> <step title="Data Integrity Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\DataIntegrity\Integrity</integrity> </step> <!--<step title="EAV Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\Eav\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\Eav\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\Eav\Volume</volume> </step>--> <step title="Customer Attributes Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\Customer\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\Customer\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\Customer\Volume</volume> </step> <step title="Map Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\Map\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\Map\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\Map\Volume</volume> </step> <!--<step title="Url Rewrite Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\UrlRewrite\Version191to2000</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\UrlRewrite\Version191to2000</data> <volume>Migration\Step\UrlRewrite\Version191to2000</volume> </step>--> <step title="Log Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\Log\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\Log\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\Log\Volume</volume> </step> <step title="Ratings Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\Ratings\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\Ratings\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\Ratings\Volume</volume> </step> <!--<step title="ConfigurablePrices step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\ConfigurablePrices\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\ConfigurablePrices\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\ConfigurablePrices\Volume</volume> </step>--> <step title="OrderGrids Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\OrderGrids\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\OrderGrids\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\OrderGrids\Volume</volume> </step> <!--<step title="Tier Price Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\TierPrice\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\TierPrice\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\TierPrice\Volume</volume> </step>--> <step title="SalesIncrement Step"> <integrity>Migration\Step\SalesIncrement\Integrity</integrity> <data>Migration\Step\SalesIncrement\Data</data> <volume>Migration\Step\SalesIncrement\Volume</volume> </step> <!--<step title="PostProcessing Step"> <data>Migration\Step\PostProcessing\Data</data> </step>--> </steps> Then in your `map.xml` ignore most product stuff with: <ignore> <document>catalog_category*</document> </ignore> <ignore> <document>catalog_compare*</document> </ignore> <ignore> <document>catalog_eav_attribute</document> </ignore> <ignore> <document>cataloginventory_stock*</document> </ignore> <ignore> <document>catalog_product_*</document> </ignore> <ignore> <document>core_*</document> </ignore> <ignore> <document>cms_*</document> </ignore> [1]: https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/134046/migrate-orders-from-magento-1-9-to-2-using-the-magento-data-migration-tool/134326