Bug in Column Mapping with XML Data Source

azique

Hello,<br />
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I think I found a bug while using an XML data source. It seems like the XPath instruction doesn't work correctly when you want to point to a node with attributes above the source node: <br />
<pre class='_prettyXprint _lang-auto _linenums:0'><parent_node>
...
<other_node attr='1'>text</other_node>
...
<source_node /> ' this is where the table mapping points to
</parent_node></pre>
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You won't be able to map a column with the value of 'other_node' with the attribute '1'. Instead you always receive the value of the *first* 'other_node'.<br />
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See the samples I attached below to understand what I mean.<br />
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The XML source file (rename it from txt to xml):<br />

mwilliams

Hi azique,<br />
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It's definitely a bug to not be able to map to the upper level items with [@name = "whatever"] since it can be done in the lower level of the XML. Please log this bug at <a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/reportabug.php'>BIRT: Reporting Bugs and Requesting Enhancements</a>. Be sure to describe the problem in detail and use screenshots and/or report designs if possible.<br />
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If it's possible to change your XML, it is possible to get all of the items from the higher level, just not how you're currently attempting to because of the bug.