November 18, 2021

How to convert an XML file to DataTable or excel UiPath

A lot of times while working XML files in process automation, In order to process them bot first needs to convert an XML file to DataTable or excel.

After converting it to DataTable we can perform all the required operations with data present in the XML file.

In this article, let’s see how we can convert an XML file to DataTable or excel file using UiPath.

Let’s get into the practical implementation of this task:

Step1: Firstly, we need the input XML file. The sample XML file used for this example is given below:

<CATALOG>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Bloodroot</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Sanguinaria canadensis</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$2.44</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>031599</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Columbine</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Aquilegia canadensis</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.37</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>030699</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Marsh Marigold</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Caltha palustris</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Sunny</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$6.81</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>051799</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Cowslip</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Caltha palustris</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.90</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>030699</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Dutchman's-Breeches</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Dicentra cucullaria</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$6.44</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>012099</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Ginger, Wild</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Asarum canadense</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.03</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>041899</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Hepatica</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Hepatica americana</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$4.45</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>012699</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Liverleaf</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Hepatica americana</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$3.99</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>010299</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Jack-In-The-Pulpit</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Arisaema triphyllum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$3.23</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>020199</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Mayapple</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Podophyllum peltatum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$2.98</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>060599</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Phlox, Woodland</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Phlox divaricata</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun or Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$2.80</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>012299</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Phlox, Blue</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Phlox divaricata</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun or Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$5.59</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>021699</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Spring-Beauty</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Claytonia Virginica</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>7</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$6.59</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>020199</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Trillium</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Trillium grandiflorum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>5</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun or Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$3.90</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>042999</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Wake Robin</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Trillium grandiflorum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>5</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun or Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$3.20</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>022199</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Violet, Dog-Tooth</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Erythronium americanum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.04</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>020199</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Trout Lily</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Erythronium americanum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$6.94</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>032499</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Adder's-Tongue</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Erythronium americanum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.58</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>041399</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Anemone</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Anemone blanda</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>6</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$8.86</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>122698</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Grecian Windflower</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Anemone blanda</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>6</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.16</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>071099</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Bee Balm</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Monarda didyma</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$4.59</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>050399</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Bergamot</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Monarda didyma</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$7.16</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>042799</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Black-Eyed Susan</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Rudbeckia hirta</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sunny</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.80</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>061899</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Buttercup</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Ranunculus</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$2.57</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>061099</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Crowfoot</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Ranunculus</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.34</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>040399</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Butterfly Weed</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Asclepias tuberosa</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sunny</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$2.78</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>063099</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>

<PLANT>
<COMMON>Primrose</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Oenothera</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>3 - 5</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sunny</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$6.56</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>013099</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Gentian</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Gentiana</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun or Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$7.81</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>051899</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Blue Gentian</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Gentiana</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>4</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun or Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$8.56</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>050299</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Jacob's Ladder</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Polemonium caeruleum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$9.26</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>022199</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Greek Valerian</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Polemonium caeruleum</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$4.36</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>071499</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>California Poppy</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Eschscholzia californica</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Sun</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$7.89</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>032799</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Shooting Star</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Dodecatheon</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Mostly Shady</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$8.60</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>051399</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Snakeroot</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Cimicifuga</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>Annual</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$5.63</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>071199</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
<PLANT>
<COMMON>Cardinal Flower</COMMON>
<BOTANICAL>Lobelia cardinalis</BOTANICAL>
<ZONE>2</ZONE>
<LIGHT>Shade</LIGHT>
<PRICE>$3.02</PRICE>
<AVAILABILITY>022299</AVAILABILITY>
</PLANT>
</CATALOG>

Step2: Drag and Drop Build Data table activity from the activities panel to the designer panel and create a DataTable with columns as shown below:

Build datatable activity

Step2: Drag and Drop Read Text File activity from the activities panel to the designer panel to read the XML file as shown below:

read text file activity

The data in the XML file is stored in xmlfiledata Variable which is the output of read text file activity.

Step3: Drag and Drop Deserialize XML activity from the activities panel to the designer panel as shown below:

XML file to datatable or excel

The output of the above activity is deserialiseddata variable that is of variable type XDocument.

Step4: Drag and Drop for each activity and inside of this activity add Add Data Row activity from the activities panel to the designer panel as shown below:

XML file to datatable or excel

The required properties of for each activity is shown below:

for each type argument

The input for the Add Data Row activity is the DataTable that we created earlier in the Step1 and the values that are shown below:

XML file to datatable or excel
{item.Element("COMMON").Value,item.Element("BOTANICAL").Value,item.Element("ZONE").Value,item.Element("LIGHT").Value,item.Element("PRICE").Value,item.Element("AVAILABILITY").Value}

Step5: Drag and Drop Write range activity from the activities panel to the designer panel as shown below:

write range activity

This activity will write the whole data extracted from the XML file to the excel file.

The output is also stored in a DataTable so that it can be used in further process steps.

Happy Learning!

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