Re: XML element query report in Windchill

kangxw · ‎Jan 23, 2019

Hi,

For XML topics in windchill, I want to do a query for pulling out the specific information in a XML element. For example, I have a XML topic:

I have an element called ITEM with attribute "id='98821c56'". How can I pull "Potting Soil" in my report(query builder)?

Thank you!

Marco_Tosin · ‎Jan 24, 2019

If you are a beginner in using query builder, I suggest you to read this document before.

https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill-Tips/Resource-for-reporting/td-p/448738

Marco

kangxw · ‎Jan 24, 2019

Hi,

Thanks for sharing. I saw this post yesterday and there are lots of source regarding document attributes and administration report. I haven't find any source for dynamic xml topic and querying inside a xml topic. Could you please suggest any way to do it?

Thanks,

Xw

Marco_Tosin · ‎Jan 24, 2019

I think the best way to get an answer is to ask for a question where it is very clear what you want.

For me your request is absolutely not clear.

Marco

kangxw · ‎Jan 24, 2019

Sorry for the confuse. Let me make my question clear with an XML example.

We are using Windchill as a Content Management System and our content includes hundreds of DITA topics. For example, a DITA topic may look like this:

<topic id="topic" xml:lang="en">
<title>Authoring DITA Topics</title>
<body>
<p>When you first open a DITA topic, the default <ph
id="ArbortextEditor-0CDFC876">Arbortext Editor</ph> configuration
for editing DITA topics appears. </p>
</body>
</topic>

What I want to do is a XML search and the result would be the content under a specific tag. In this case, I want to get the content "Arbortext Editor" when I do a search for a tag <ph> with "id=ArbortextEditor-0CDFC876".