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DataLayer.XML - Attributes

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DataLayer.XML - Attributes

The DataLayer.XML element has the following attributes:

AttributeDescription
XML File / URL
(Required) Specifies the identifier of the XML data file. You may enter either a file system location or the URL for a location on the web. By default, the server will look in the _SupportFiles folder and, if the file is located there, then only the file name and extension are needed in this attribute. If it's located elsewhere in the file system, a fully-qualified path and file name is required, such as: D:\Projects\Accounting\Data\MyData.xml If a URL is used to retrieve a file from a web server, it must be fully-formed, such as: http://myserver/mydata.xml
Connection ID Specifies the element ID of a Connection element defined in the _Settings definition. If a value is specified here, then XML File attribute value isappended to the Connection element's Url Host attribute value.
Http Method
Specifies the verb to be sent with a REST request. Options include: DELETE, GET, POST, and PUT, or can be a custom verb.The default value is GET.
ID Specifies an optional element ID. Recommended for easier identification when debugging.
Maximum RowsSpecifies the maximum number of data rows to be retrieved.
Remove Namespace Specifies whether the namespace and schema information that some XML data sources will add to the retrieved data is removed. The default value is False.
XPath Specifies a standard XPath string that will be used to select a set of matching nodes. All of the matching nodes are then used to generate the resulting datalayer. Tokens may be used in this attribute value.