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A Library for XML Data Standards

First things first. Before we dive into the various data standards let's first explain what XML is. XML is short for Extensible Markup Language. It is used to describe data.…
Uli Bethke November 3, 2017
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Convert XML Metadata of Tableau Workbooks (TWB) to Text

In this walkthrough, we will demonstrate the processing of tableau workbooks using Flexter. We will then load the output into Tableau to get an under the hood view of the…
Anvesh Gali October 31, 2017
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Converting MedlinePlus XML to QlikView

MedlinePlus is the National Institute of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, the world’s largest medical library, it brings…
Uli Bethke October 25, 2017
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Parsing XML to Oracle. ODI vs Flexter Enterprise XML Parser

In some previous posts we demonstrated how to load XML data into an Oracle database using ODI. We first looked at some of the issues when reverse engineering an XSD…
Maciek Kocon December 27, 2016
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Converting XML files to Oracle without writing a single line of code

Parsing XML files to Oracle without writing a single line of code In a previous post we demonstrated how to use Flexter to convert XML data into TSV files. This…
Maciek Kocon December 16, 2016
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Querying XML files with Tableau via Flexter

Tutorial - Querying XML files with Tableau Tableau is a great visualisation tool that works with a large number of different file and data formats. One format that is not…
Uli Bethke November 17, 2016