Altair® Panopticon

 

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.     Select XML from the Data Sources pane. The XML Settings pane and the retrieved XML source are displayed.

 

2.     Enter the Name of the XML data source, then click .

3.     Select the XML File Source.

4.    Enter the Record XPath which allows the selection of records within the XML document (e.g., //myroot/items/item).

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 to add columns and specify their 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.     Date/Time values of output data and Date/Time inputs, where supported, is by default unchanged.

You can opt to define the Show in Timezone and Source Timezone settings.

9.     Set the row limit of the data set.

10.   Tap the Preview Selected Data Source slider to turn it on.

11.   Click  to display the data preview.