XML Parsing: Reading XML description not clear from Alteryx Help document

[wale_ilori]

Hi,

I'm going through the XML parsing help in Alteryx as I don't use this type of data much and came across the Reading XML page and have a question. Based on the sample XML data at the top of the article shown below, I couldn't reconcile the part that references the <Term Length="8 years"> in the Return child Values portion of the document. Am I missing something here? I cannot see where this tag came from.

The portion of this document that is not clear is this snippet below. Where did the Term come from?

Here's a link to the Alteryx Help page: https://help.alteryx.com/11.0/ReadingXML.htm#Return_Child_Values

Thanks for your help on clarifying this.

[PeterS · Accepted solution]

Hi @wale_ilori

The two examples of XML that you noted are actually two separate examples of XML.  I agree that with the way it is worded is a bit confusing.  I'll reach out to our documentation team to see if they are able to clarify the examples a bit more.  Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

I've attached an example workflow (created in version 10.5) containing both examples if you want to experiment with them. 

[wale_ilori]

Thanks a lot for the quick clarification Peter.