Altair® Panopticon

 

Creating XML Input Data Source

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

Steps:

1.     In the New Data Source page, select Input > Xml in the Connector drop-down list.

2.     Select the XML File Source.

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

4.     Select either the period (.) 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.     You can opt to 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 . The new data source is added in the Data Sources list.