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1. #Excel import xml with xsd full#
2. #Excel import xml with xsd code#
3. #Excel import xml with xsd windows#

$xmlAttr = Get-Content -Path C:\Work\computers-attr.xml

#Excel import xml with xsd full#

Once you get around reading XML files directly to XML object (by taking advantage of the type accelerator), you have all the full power of PowerShell objects. IntelliSense and tab completion for XML object Iterating Through XML Data $Īnd the results below show that both got the same data, each one from its corresponding file: Using exactly the same dot notation, you can read XML attributes as well despite differences in the XML structure. Therefore, the IP addresses’ values are read from the attributes file with the exactly same syntax as the elements file. Starting from PowerShell version 3.0, the XML object gets the attribute value with the same syntax used for reading the element’s inner text. Since the XML file is an object, you can so by simply referencing the IP element. Perhaps you need to find the IP address of each computer element. Now both the $xmlElm and $xmlAttr variables are XML objects allowing you to reference properties via dot notation. $xmlAttr = Get-Content -Path C:\Work\computers-attr.xml Reading XML Object Elements $xmlElm = Get-Content -Path C:\Work\computers-elm.xml The easiest way to do this is with the type accelerator.īy prefixing the variable names with, PowerShell converts the original plain text XML into objects you can then work with. Related: Using PowerShell Data Types Accelerators to Speed up Coding Casting XML Strings to ObjectsĪnother way to use PowerShell to parse XML is to convert that XML to objects. PowerShell lets you read XML files and convert them to XML objects. Luckily, PowerShell offers a more convenient and intuitive way to read XML files. In both cases, whether you are reading elements or attributes, the syntax of Select-Xml is cumbersome: it forces you to use the XPath parameter, then to pipe the result to a loop, and finally to look for the data under the Node property. Select-Xml -Path C:\Work\computers-elm.xml -XPath '/Computers/Computer/Name' | ForEach-Object Īnd indeed, this also brings the same results: SRV-01, SRV-02 and SRV-03 : Then to only get the InnerXML of each Name element, reach the Node.InnerXML property on each element with a ForEach-Object loop. This XPath syntax would return only the Name nodes under the Computer elements. To find the computer names, you’d first provide the appropriate XPath ( /Computers/Computer/Name). InnerXML is the text between the two element’s tags. In the file above, the computer names appear in the inner text (InnerXML) of the Name element. To do that, you could use the Select-Xml command. You’d like to use PowerShell to parse this XML file get the computer names. Each computer has various elements like name, IP address and an Include element for inclusion in a report.Īn element is an XML portion with an opening tag and a closing tag, possibly with some text in-between, such as SRV-01 Let’s say you have an XML file with a bunch of computers and would like to use PowerShell to parse this XML file. It uses a “path like” syntax to identify and navigate nodes in an XML document. The Select-Xml cmdlet allows you to provide an XML file or string along with a “filter” known as XPath to pull out specific information. Let’s first cover one of the most popular and easiest ways to use PowerShell to parse XML and that’s with Select-Xml. Parsing Powershell XML Elements with Select-Xml

#Excel import xml with xsd code#

#Excel import xml with xsd windows#

The examples were created on Windows PowerShell v5.1 To follow along with the presented material, you should have:

Adding setting to the default schema – examples.Using the Schema File to Validate Your Data.Parsing PowerShell XML Attributes with Select-Xml.Parsing Powershell XML Elements with Select-Xml.