Creating Data Extract from XML

The XML connector allows the retrieval and processing of XML files, either from a disk, a Text, or from a defined URL.

Steps:

1.     On the New Data Extract page, select Xml in the Connector drop-down list.

2.     Select the XML file source:

·         File

You can either:

¨        Upload a data source snapshot by clicking Upload File  then Browse  to browse to the file source.

After selecting the file, it is displayed with the timestamp of the snapshot.

To change the data source, click  then Browse  to browse to a new version of the file.

¨        Link to a data source file by clicking Link to File  and entering a XML File Path.

Ensure that in a cluster, you need to use a a shared path, or put it on every node and use a path that resolves on every node. You can update its contents whenever you want.

·         Text

Then enter the text block to be parsed.

·         Web URL

The dialog changes to allow specification of the following:

Property	Description
Path	The absolute path including the http where the Xml file is located.
Proxy Server URI	The HTTP Proxy setting that will allow the XML connector to reach the endpoint
Headers	·         Headers are separated by a comma ·         Each Header is entered as Name = Value, where Name and Value can be enclosed in double quotes to allow inclusion of any character except for double quotes ·         Name and Value can also be left unquoted, in which case they may not include comma or equals characters
Content Encoding	Select the Content Encoding with the HTTP Header: None, GZip, Deflate, or GZip and Deflate
User Id	The user Id that will be used to connect to the Xml service.
Password	The password to connect to the Xml service.
Http Method	Select the HTTP Method to map any of the following operations to HTTP requests ·         GET – retrieve information ·         POST – create or update an entity ·         PUT – replace an existing entity ·         DELETE – remove a request
Timeout	The length of time to wait for the server response (10 to 300). Default is 10.
Request Body	The Request Body for HTTP POST.
Content Type	The required Content Type. Default is application/x-www-form-urlencoded

 

3.     Enter the Record XPath (e.g., //myroot/items/item).

4.     Select either the dot (.) or comma (,) as the Decimal Separator.

5.     Click  to the fetch the schema based on the connection details. Consequently, the list of columns with the data type found from inspecting the first ‘n’ rows of the input data source is populated and the Save button is enabled.

6.       You can also opt to load or save a copy of the column definition.

7.   Click . A new column entry displays. Enter or select the following properties:

Property	Description
Name	The column name of the source schema.
XPath	The XPath of the source schema.
Type	The data type of the column. Can be a Text, Numeric, or Time
Date Format	The format when the data type is Time.
Enabled	Determines whether the message should be processed.

 

To delete a column, check its  or all the column entries, check the topmost , then click .

8.     Click  to save and display the details of the data extract.

9.   Click  then  to display the data preview.