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XML Generator: Basic Concepts

Introduction

The XML Generator allows you to extract data in a customized XML format. To configure data extraction, you need to complete the following steps:

  • Configure the tags of the XML document.
  • Map the XML tags to the fields of the dataset from which the data will be extracted.
  • Configure the task to start the XML document extraction.

Details on XML Tags

The structure of XML tags can contain multiple levels of nodes and leaf tags. To define the hierarchy, you must specify a parent tag for each tag. If the parent tag reference is empty, the tag will be considered the root of the XML document.

The root is indicated by the default value 0000.

When a parent tag is deleted, its reference is automatically removed from all child tags.

If the system detects multiple root tags, you need to redefine the hierarchy to ensure there is only one root tag per document.

Mapping XML Tags to Dataset Fields

To insert dataset values into the XML file, you must map the dataset fields to the XML tags using Data Target Mapping XML. See the XML Mapping page for details.

Processing Task

To run the XML file generation process, you need to set up a workflow task that generates the XML file from the dataset in the Analytical Workspace.

See Exporting Analytical Workspace Data via Task for more information.