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XML schema for Excel XML exportation

I'm getting mad trying to create an XML schema to transform an Excel file to an XML file. The sample .xls file has two cell with

  • the name of the event and
  • the name of the location then there's a table with a session for every column and a rider's name for every row.

This is a screenshot of the spreadsheet.

To save as XML data I need to make the XML schema and I've achived this using the Excel 2003 Add-in: XML Tools Add-in. So I have this XML schema:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-16'?>
<!-- Created from XmlMap.Name: Results_mapping -->
<!-- XmlMap.DataBinding.SourceUrl:  -->
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xsd:element nillable="true" name="Results">
        <xsd:complexType>
            <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0">
                <xsd:element minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" nillable="true" name="rider" form="unqualified">
                    <xsd:complexType>
                        <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0">
                            <xsd:element minOccurs="0" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" name="Column1" form="unqualified"/>
                            <xsd:element minOccurs="0" nillable="true" type="xsd:integer" name="Column_1st_session" form="unqualified"/>
                            <xsd:element minOccurs="0" nillable="true" type="xsd:integer" name="Column_2nd_session" form="unqualified"/>
                            <xsd:element minOccurs="0" nillable="true" type="xsd:integer" name="Column_3rd_session" form="unqualified"/>
                        </xsd:sequence>
                    </xsd:complexType>
                </xsd:element>
            </xsd:sequence>
        </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>
</xsd:schema>

which generate the following XML code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Results xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <rider>
        <Column1>Mike</Column1>
        <Column_1st_session>5</Column_1st_session>
        <Column_2nd_session>10</Column_2nd_session>
        <Column_3rd_session>8</Column_3rd_session>
    </rider>
    <rider>
        <Column1>John</Column1>
        <Column_1st_session>5</Column_1st_session>
        <Column_2nd_session>9</Column_2nd_session>
        <Column_3rd_session>8</Column_3rd_session>
    </rider>
    <rider>
        <Column1>Lea</Column1>
        <Column_1st_session>4</Column_1st_session>
        <Column_2nd_session>9</Column_2nd_session>
        <Column_3rd_session>8</Column_3rd_session>
    </rider>
</Results>

That's not completely bad but I'd like to have something like

<rider name="Mike">
<session name="1st_session">5</session>
<session name="2nd_session">10</session>
<session name="3rd_session">8</session>
</rider>

can anybody please help me? Thanks!

Solution

  • After many tutorials and manuals I've found a really useful guide about how to make the mapping of the *xls file automatically and without plug-in...very good! http://www.mrexcel.com/articles/using-xml-in-excel.php