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Using XPATH for "XML Data Manager"


Pietro Mazzoleni (461110) | asked Jul 06 '10, 6:12 p.m.
Hi,
I'm using XML Data Manager to create a table from one of my REST Services.
Everything seems to work ok but I have some doubts of which XPATH commands Insight supports.

The XMLRetrieved by the service looks something like:

<values>
<name>Object01</name>
<referenceAttribute>
<name>Instance011</name>
<dataInstance>
<property>
<name>id</name>
<value>1234</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>Name</name>
<value>ABCDE</value>
</property>
</dataInstance>
</referenceAttribute>
</values>

In my XML DataMapping I want to extract one row with two columns: ID (containing 1234) and Name (containing ABCDE).

Now, if I use
/property/value I get (as expected) two rows

while, If I use something like
/property/value
or
/property/value
I get (in Framework Manager) 0 Rows.

What am I missing here? What type of Xpath syntax should I use (or which type of syntax Insight does support today)?

Thanks for the answer

Pietro

Thanks for the answer.

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Xiang Dong Hu (762) | answered Jul 13 '10, 12:17 p.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER
The only thing Insight expect between "/" are the element or attribute names, not anything else.

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