Hi,
I am looking for learning the way we can convert excel files into XSD format. Any basic tutorials/videos that can help me to learn this quickly?
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Purvi
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converting excel file into XSD fomat?
Best answer by jdh
As far as I am aware there isn't an automatic xsd writer.
xsd however is just XML, so you could use an XMLTemplater to construct the relevant data.
Something along the lines of
Root (Creator):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="https://www.w3schools.com"
xmlns="https://www.w3schools.com"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:sequence>
{fme:process-features("SUB")}
</xs:sequence>
</xs:schema>
SUB (your excel data):
<xs:element name="{fme:get-attribute("Field")}" type="{fme:get-attribute("Type")}"/>
Where type is generally one of
- xs:string
- xs:decimal
- xs:integer
- xs:boolean
- xs:date
- xs:time
so you may need to restructure your excel data (AttributeValueMapper)
If you have a nested data structure then you need to use complex elements, and will probably require multiple subtemplates.
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Is your excel file a schema description or data?
FieldTypeIDIntNAMEString (50)
vs
IDNAME1John Doe2Jane Smithjdh wrote:
Is your excel file a schema description or data?
FieldTypeIDIntNAMEString (50)
vs
IDNAME1John Doe2Jane SmithHi @jdh, Yes that excel file is a schema at the moment.
Regards,
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As far as I am aware there isn't an automatic xsd writer.
xsd however is just XML, so you could use an XMLTemplater to construct the relevant data.
Something along the lines of
Root (Creator):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="https://www.w3schools.com"
xmlns="https://www.w3schools.com"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:sequence>
{fme:process-features("SUB")}
</xs:sequence>
</xs:schema>
SUB (your excel data):
<xs:element name="{fme:get-attribute("Field")}" type="{fme:get-attribute("Type")}"/>
Where type is generally one of
- xs:string
- xs:decimal
- xs:integer
- xs:boolean
- xs:date
- xs:time
so you may need to restructure your excel data (AttributeValueMapper)
If you have a nested data structure then you need to use complex elements, and will probably require multiple subtemplates.
jdh wrote:
As far as I am aware there isn't an automatic xsd writer.
xsd however is just XML, so you could use an XMLTemplater to construct the relevant data.
Something along the lines of
Root (Creator):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="https://www.w3schools.com"
xmlns="https://www.w3schools.com"
elementFormDefault="qualified">
<xs:sequence>
{fme:process-features("SUB")}
</xs:sequence>
</xs:schema>
SUB (your excel data):
<xs:element name="{fme:get-attribute("Field")}" type="{fme:get-attribute("Type")}"/>
Where type is generally one of
- xs:string
- xs:decimal
- xs:integer
- xs:boolean
- xs:date
- xs:time
so you may need to restructure your excel data (AttributeValueMapper)
If you have a nested data structure then you need to use complex elements, and will probably require multiple subtemplates.
Thanks @jdh for your detailed answer. Do you have any workbench example template or tutorial to follow through this?
As I am really new to understand/create XML and XSD file format.
Regards,
Purvi
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ppp19 wrote:
Thanks @jdh for your detailed answer. Do you have any workbench example template or tutorial to follow through this?
As I am really new to understand/create XML and XSD file format.
Regards,
Purvi
I've actually never written an xsd file. I would start with w3schools for an overview of the format. https://www.w3schools.com/xml/schema_intro.asp
For creating it in FME check out https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/30940/xml-writing-with-xmltemplater.html
jdh wrote:
I've actually never written an xsd file. I would start with w3schools for an overview of the format. https://www.w3schools.com/xml/schema_intro.asp
For creating it in FME check out https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/30940/xml-writing-with-xmltemplater.html
Thanks @jdh, I will follow through this link to work on this... :)
Regards,
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