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XML field extraction with spath

4uramana4u
Explorer

eval FunctionalRef=spath(_raw,"n2:EvtMsg.Bd.BOEvt.Evt.DatElGrp{2}.DatEl.Val") -> I am getting two(2) values DHL5466256965140262WH3, DE4608089.  

Instead I should get only DHL5466256965140262WH3.  So this value is not static

XML Snippet:

<DatElGrp Cd="CommonGrp">
<DatEl>
<Cd>FunctionalRef</Cd>
<Val>DHL5466256965140262WH3</Val>
</DatEl>
<DatEl>
<Cd>DeclarantID</Cd>
<Val>DE4608089</Val>
</DatEl>
</DatElGrp>

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to4kawa
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index=_internal | head 1 | fields _raw
| eval _raw="<DatElGrp Cd=\"CommonGrp\">
<DatEl>
<Cd>FunctionalRef</Cd>
<Val>DHL5466256965140262WH3</Val>
</DatEl>
<DatEl>
<Cd>DeclarantID</Cd>
<Val>DE4608089</Val>
</DatEl>
</DatElGrp>"
| spath DatElGrp.DatEl.Cd{1}
| spath DatElGrp.DatEl.Val{1}

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
index=_internal | head 1 | fields _raw
| eval _raw="<DatElGrp Cd=\"CommonGrp\">
<DatEl>
<Cd>FunctionalRef</Cd>
<Val>DHL5466256965140262WH3</Val>
</DatEl>
<DatEl>
<Cd>DeclarantID</Cd>
<Val>DE4608089</Val>
</DatEl>
</DatElGrp>"
| spath DatElGrp.DatEl.Cd{1}
| spath DatElGrp.DatEl.Val{1}

4uramana4u
Explorer

Excellent! Thank you so much!

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
index=_internal | head 1 | fields _raw
| eval _raw="<DatElGrp Cd=\"CommonGrp\">
<DatEl>
<Cd>FunctionalRef</Cd>
<Val>DHL5466256965140262WH3</Val>
</DatEl>
<DatEl>
<Cd>DeclarantID</Cd>
<Val>DE4608089</Val>
</DatEl>
</DatElGrp>"
| spath
| rename DatElGrp{@Cd} as GrpCd, DatElGrp.* as *
| foreach DatEl.* [ eval <<FIELD>> = mvindex('<<FIELD>>' , 0)]
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