Xml.Tables

 

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Returns the contents of an XML document as a nested collection of flattened tables.

Xml.Tables(contents as any, optional options as nullable record, optional encoding as nullable number) as table  

ArgumentDescription
ContentsThe contents may be directly passed to the function as text, or it may be the binary value returned by a function like File.Contents or Web.Contents.
optional optionsControl the behavior of this function.
encodingEncoding value.
SettingDescription
NavigationTableIf true, output tables are navigation tables. Default value is true.
Xml.Tables("<books>  
  
    <book>  
  
        <name>Book1</name>  
  
    </book>  
  
    <book>  
  
        <name>Book2</name>  
  
    </book>  
  
</books>")  
  
equals  
  
(Table.FromRecords({ [  
  
    Name = "book",  
  
    Table = (Table.FromRecords({ [  
  
        name = "Book1"  
  
    ], [  
  
        name = "Book2"  
  
    ]  
  
)  

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