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Power BI will not read my XML File. It returns:
Excel reads the file OK. Access says schema cannot contain [.]
Ultimately I need to read this file from a URL, but I first want to know that PBI can read the data.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Sample File with 2 records:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wc:COLLECTION xmlns:wc="http://www.ptc.com/infoengine/1.0">
<wt.change2.ChangeOrder2 NAME="output" TYPE="Unknown" STATUS="0">
<wc:INSTANCE>
<versionInfo.identifier.versionSortId>000001</versionInfo.identifier.versionSortId>
<eventSet>*/wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleServiceEvent/STATE_CHANGE</eventSet>
<latest>true</latest>
<iterationInfo.branchId>70,997</iterationInfo.branchId>
<teamId>OR:wt.team.Team:70985:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</teamId>
<state.atGate>false</state.atGate>
<state.lifeCycleId>OR:wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleTemplate:70742:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</state.lifeCycleId>
<template.enabled>false</template.enabled>
<template.templated>true</template.templated>
<thePersistInfo.modifyStamp>2018-02-12 19:33:00 EST</thePersistInfo.modifyStamp>
<changeApplicationLock>0</changeApplicationLock>
<thePersistInfo.updateCount>4</thePersistInfo.updateCount>
<domainRef>OR:wt.admin.AdministrativeDomain:8:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</domainRef>
<teamTemplateId>OR:wt.team.TeamTemplate:70836:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</teamTemplateId>
<iterationInfo.creator>uid=wcadmin,ou=people,cn=administrativeldap,cn=windchill_11.0,o=terumo:Ldap.ptcmscloud.com@Ldap.ptcmscloud.com</iterationInfo.creator>
<iterationInfo.latest>true</iterationInfo.latest>
<folderingInfo.cabinet>OR:wt.folder.Cabinet:313:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</folderingInfo.cabinet>
<iterationInfo.identifier.iterationId>1</iterationInfo.identifier.iterationId>
<inheritedDomain>true</inheritedDomain>
<iterationInfo.state>ctrld</iterationInfo.state>
<containerReference>OR:wt.inf.container.ExchangeContainer:5:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</containerReference>
<versionInfo.identifier.versionLevel>1</versionInfo.identifier.versionLevel>
<thePersistInfo.markForDelete>0</thePersistInfo.markForDelete>
<state.state>OPEN</state.state>
<iterationInfo.modifier>uid=wcadmin,ou=people,cn=administrativeldap,cn=windchill_11.0,o=terumo:Ldap.ptcmscloud.com@Ldap.ptcmscloud.com</iterationInfo.modifier>
<thePersistInfo.createStamp>2017-09-19 14:50:16 EDT</thePersistInfo.createStamp>
<masterReference>OR:wt.change2.WTChangeOrder2Master:70995:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</masterReference>
<versionInfo.identifier.versionId>A</versionInfo.identifier.versionId>
<entrySet>
+ Participant: wt.org.WTUser:11: [Read, Modify, Download, Modify Content]</entrySet>
<thePersistInfo.updateStamp>2018-02-12 19:33:00 EST</thePersistInfo.updateStamp>
<obid>VR:wt.change2.WTChangeOrder2:70997:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</obid>
<class>wt.change2.WTChangeOrder2</class>
</wc:INSTANCE>
<wc:INSTANCE>
<versionInfo.identifier.versionSortId>000001</versionInfo.identifier.versionSortId>
<latest>true</latest>
<iterationInfo.branchId>3,589,083</iterationInfo.branchId>
<state.atGate>false</state.atGate>
<state.lifeCycleId>OR:wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleTemplate:79057:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</state.lifeCycleId>
<template.enabled>true</template.enabled>
<template.templated>true</template.templated>
<thePersistInfo.modifyStamp>2018-02-21 22:16:39 EST</thePersistInfo.modifyStamp>
<changeApplicationLock>0</changeApplicationLock>
<thePersistInfo.updateCount>2</thePersistInfo.updateCount>
<iterationInfo.creator>uid=wcadmin,ou=people,cn=administrativeldap,cn=windchill_11.0,o=terumo:Ldap.ptcmscloud.com@Ldap.ptcmscloud.com</iterationInfo.creator>
<domainRef>OR:wt.admin.AdministrativeDomain:69948:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</domainRef>
<iterationInfo.latest>true</iterationInfo.latest>
<folderingInfo.cabinet>OR:wt.folder.Cabinet:70000:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</folderingInfo.cabinet>
<iterationInfo.identifier.iterationId>1</iterationInfo.identifier.iterationId>
<inheritedDomain>true</inheritedDomain>
<iterationInfo.state>ctrld</iterationInfo.state>
<versionInfo.identifier.versionLevel>1</versionInfo.identifier.versionLevel>
<thePersistInfo.markForDelete>0</thePersistInfo.markForDelete>
<state.state>INWORK</state.state>
<iterationInfo.modifier>uid=wcadmin,ou=people,cn=administrativeldap,cn=windchill_11.0,o=terumo:Ldap.ptcmscloud.com@Ldap.ptcmscloud.com</iterationInfo.modifier>
<thePersistInfo.createStamp>2018-02-21 22:16:39 EST</thePersistInfo.createStamp>
<containerReference>OR:wt.inf.container.OrgContainer:69946:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</containerReference>
<versionInfo.identifier.versionId>A</versionInfo.identifier.versionId>
<thePersistInfo.updateStamp>2018-02-21 22:16:39 EST</thePersistInfo.updateStamp>
<obid>VR:wt.change2.WTChangeOrder2:3589083:909721222-1505846715100-65438140-205-128-101-10@terumo-dev.ptcmscloud.com</obid>
<class>wt.change2.WTChangeOrder2</class>
</wc:INSTANCE>
</wt.change2.ChangeOrder2>
</wc:COLLECTION>
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Hi @Anonymous,
Please follow below steps to expand your table after importing data from XML file.
Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
Hi @Anonymous,
Please follow below steps to expand your table after importing data from XML file.
Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
Exactly what I needed. Thanks Yuliana !
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