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arsagg
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Hi all,

I did an exhaustive search in the forum but couldn't find a way out on how to generate an output in FOCUS in XML format. Sounds easy but I have messed up my concepts.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Dan Satchell
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Maybe this? ON TABLE PCHOLD/HOLD/SAVE FORMAT XML

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ABT
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I suspect if you have found the 'ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT XML' command and decided it does not satisfy your needs, your real question is how to generate custom XML output. If so, you have to manually massage your output. See this thread (https://forums.informationbuilders.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7971057331/m/7237006016) particularly the link at the bottom.

+1 Dan. A rudimentary Google search (https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&q=webfocus+xml+output&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) pulls up this link (https://forums.informationbuilders.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7971057331/m/5051016752) as the first result.

Also, I know the Forum search sucks (it's really no secret), but searching for 'XML output' also brings this thread (https://forums.informationbuilders.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/7971057331/m/3821008331?r=1281046832) up on the first page. Both threads confirm what Dan and I are again writing here.


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arsagg
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Dear Dan and ABT,

I accompplished my objective. Thanks for your replies.

Regards.


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Clif
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There's more than one way to represent the same data in XML.

While HOLD FORMAT XML creates an XML document of the FOCUS report with DataMigrator you can create XML with name/value pairs which may be more useful.

<record>
 <column name="COUNTRY">ENGLAND</column>
 <column name="CAR">JAGUAR</column>
 <column name="MODEL">V12XKE AUTO</column>
</record>


However it's been my experience that when XML output is needed it's in a specific pre-defined format. From the DMC or WC you can create a synonym for an xsd (XML Schema Definition), a DTD or an XML document. Then with DataMigrator you can map to that structure to create XML as required.


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