How to XML Map Repeating Rows?

[DaveLS]

I'm trying to map XML to a range of rows but, for some reason, Excel (2007)
is only mapping it to the first row of the range. I've created an XML file
and imported it. Then, I right-click on the root element and choose Map
Element. Excel asks "Where do you want to map the XML elements?" I click and
drag a range of contiguous cells and it updates the range in the little
dialog box. The range displayed include the full range of columns and rows so
I hit OK. But then Excel only shows the first row with the blue border. And
when I export it only exports the first row.

What am I doing wrong? I've done this before successfully with a slightly
different map and it was working fine. I can't figure out what I'm doing
wrong today.

David Salahi

[DaveLS]

OK, I figured out the answer to my own question. The problem was that the
sample XML that I created to define the XML map had only a single XML node.
You have to have at least two XML nodes or "records" in order to map the node
as a repeating element.

Dave

[Simon Motaung]

Hi Dave,

I have a similar problem and i've actually tried your solution above
to no avail. May I email you my spreadsheet and the sample XML i'm
using? I'll really appreciate your help. I'd actually now resorted to
mapping each row (1199 rows) in excel to each element in the xml and
this is a painful task. I'll really appreciate your assistance in this
regard.

Thanks in advance.
Simon

[Shane]

Oh my goodness. Thank you for taking the time to answer your own question. I've been trying to figure this out for about four hours. Your solution worked fine for me. Life-saver, thanks!!

[gtrs...@gmail.com]

I cant thank you enough for posting this. It solved a problem I've been trying to figure out for hours. Thank you

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Thank you - That was driving me nuts

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Thank you for the solution.

[mese...@gmail.com]

Hi Dave

Thanks I was having this exact issue... You are my saviour!

ME

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Thanks Dave! The post that keeps on giving!

Cheers, Lloyd

[dcor...@gmail.com]

I had a similar problem but the XML structure was complex enough that some XML files had single records where other XML files had repeating elements, across hundreds of elements.

Here's how I overcame it:
I learned from here that you can dig into the workbook structure of an excel file and access the xml code of the XML map directly: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8184707/excel-add-a-field-to-an-xml-map

I followed these instructions to convert an xlsx to zip, unzip, and access the xmlMaps.xml file: http://professor-excel.com/xml-zip-excel-file-structure/

And I used some insight from this thread to do some analysis of the xml file and I did a find / replace to change maxOccurs="1" to maxOccurs="unbounded" for those elements I needed to see as repeating elements rather than single record: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_excel-mso_other/importing-multiple-xml-files-into-excel/25b77df2-d558-476c-967a-c3a0b94a8b1e

Maybe this will help others in the future :)
DC

[dhham...@gmail.com]

dcor,

I have the same problem except for when I dig into my xmlMaps.xml file there are no cases of maxOccurs and only minOccurs. Do you have any idea how to map repeating elements if there's no maxOccurs="1" to change to "unbounded"?

[maiph...@gmail.com]

Vào 03:16:01 UTC+7 Thứ Sáu, ngày 13 tháng 11 năm 2009, DaveLS đã viết:

Thank you

[Manni Schneiderbauer]

In 2023 still a life- and timesaver. Thanks!