XmlSplit Examples

All examples follow these steps:

Files Tab: Select an XML file
Methods Tab: Choose one of the split methods
Options Tab: Choose the options specified in the example
Split Tab: Click the Split button to create the output files on disk or Preview button to view them in a separate window

Example 1: Split every 10 elements at depth 1. View details.

Insert root element of the source XML document in every split file.

Example 2: Split every 20 elements at depth 1. View details.

Insert root element of the source XML document in every split file.
Write each split file in utf-16 (unicode) encoding.
Write the byte order mark in each split file.

Example 3: Split every 20 elements and write header in each file. View details.

Insert root element of the source XML document in every split file.
Write the header element in each split file.
Use the Threshold option to skip unwanted nodes.

Example 4: Split upon change of tag name of Element at depth 1. View details.

No optional items are specified.

Example 5: Split upon change of value of attribute "ID" in elements at depth 1. View details.

No optional items are specified.

Example 6: Split every 10 elements at depth 2 and preserve XML hierarchy. View details.

Uses new Preserve Structure checkbox.
Automatically ensures structure of each split file matches the original XML document.

Example 7: Create split files of a specified size. View details.

Include and Append Files.

These two options are not covered in the above examples because newer options such as Preserve Structure and Write Header made them largely obsolete. In the event they are needed, they do what their names imply. If an include file is specified it is inserted at the very beginning of each split file, while and append file is appended to the end. XmlSplit makes no attempt to verify if the include or append file is a well-formed XML file.

A few definitions

Root: the root element of an XML document. In the sample files, the ORDERS element is the root element.
Depth: the nesting level of an element in the XML hierarchy. The root element always has a depth of zero. End tags have the same depth as their start tag .

Depth
0           <ORDERS>
1               <ORDERS_HEADER>
2                 <O_DATE-RANGE>1990-1999</O_DATE-RANGE>
1               </ORDERS_HEADER>
1               <ORDER>
2                 <O_ORDERKEY>1</O_ORDERKEY>
2                 <O_CUSTKEY>370</O_CUSTKEY>
1               </ORDER>
0           </ORDERS>