Configuration

This section explains each of the properties in the configuration blade. 
General
Property
Description
Collection
This associates this agent to a specific collection and defaults to that of the current data stream.
Visit Collections and Stream Hosts to understand more about Collections.
XML Reader
The properties grid contains the outgoing payload. Click '+' to add a new property.
Leave this grid empty to return the file contents in a string attribute named XMLData.
Property
Description
Name
The column or attribute names for the output payload. 
XPath Expression
The node location, expressed in XPath syntax, whose value is used in the output payload. 

The value of the first matched node is used or left blank if there is no match.
Before configuring the Action Agent, please ensure that its input endpoint is connected to a parent Agent which will be sending data to it.
Input Mapping
Name
Text
FilePath (String)
The column or attribute of the input payload that contains the file path for the XML file to be read.
Refer to Setup Input Mappings for step-by-step instructions. 
Endpoints
Name
Description
Input
This endpoint is used to receive data from the parent Agent, which must include an attribute containing the file path to be read.
Output
One event is made available to this endpoint for every event received from the parent Agent. The string attributes of the output payload are named as per the properties grid. 
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If the properties grid is empty, the event has one string property called XMLData, containing the file contents.
Error
If errors are encountered during the execution of this Agent they will be published on this endpoint.

Property	Description
Collection	This associates this agent to a specific collection and defaults to that of the current data stream.

Property	Description
Name	The column or attribute names for the output payload.
XPath Expression	The node location, expressed in XPath syntax, whose value is used in the output payload. The value of the first matched node is used or left blank if there is no match.

Name	Text
FilePath (String)	The column or attribute of the input payload that contains the file path for the XML file to be read.

Name	Description
Input	This endpoint is used to receive data from the parent Agent, which must include an attribute containing the file path to be read.
Output	One event is made available to this endpoint for every event received from the parent Agent. The string attributes of the output payload are named as per the properties grid. If the properties grid is empty, the event has one string property called XMLData, containing the file contents.
Error	If errors are encountered during the execution of this Agent they will be published on this endpoint.

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