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Dean
XML List of lists in Excel
 
I have an xml file in the form

<Executive
<ExecNameJohn Smith</ExecName
<ExecTitleVP</ExecTitle
<Subordinates
<Employee
<EmpNameAlice Waters</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameJohn Thomas</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameMichael Rhodes</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
</Subordinates
</Executive

It contains lists of repeating lists. I can import the xml into Excel 2003
and 2007, but when I try to export the file as xml I get a message "Cannot
save or export XML data. The XML maps in this workbook are not exportable."

Does Excel not support lists of lists? This is pretty basic XML hierarchy
stuff.

Roger Govier
XML List of lists in Excel
 
Hi

I copied your data to Notepad and saved as Test.xml.
I opened it in XL2003 and it opened fine.
I saved it as XML as Copy of Test.xml and it worked fine.

On opening the new Copy of Test.xml in Notepad it produced the following

<?xml version="1.0"?
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
<LastAuthorRoger Govier</LastAuthor
<Created2006-12-15T00:29:20Z</Created
<Version11.8107</Version
</DocumentProperties
<OfficeDocumentSettings
xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
<DownloadComponents/
<LocationOfComponents HRef="file:///D:\"/
</OfficeDocumentSettings
<ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
<WindowHeight7425</WindowHeight
<WindowWidth14715</WindowWidth
<WindowTopX480</WindowTopX
<WindowTopY585</WindowTopY
<MaxChange0.00001</MaxChange
<Iteration/
<ProtectStructureFalse</ProtectStructure
<ProtectWindowsFalse</ProtectWindows
</ExcelWorkbook
<Styles
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal"
<Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/
<Borders/
<Font/
<Interior/
<NumberFormat/
<Protection/
</Style
<Style ss:ID="s21"
<Font ss:Bold="1"/
</Style
<Style ss:ID="s22"
<Font ss:Bold="1"/
<Interior ss:Color="#C0C0C0" ss:Pattern="Solid"/
</Style
</Styles
<Worksheet ss:Name="test"
<Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="4" ss:ExpandedRowCount="5"
x:FullColumns="1"
x:FullRows="1"
<Column ss:Width="59.25"/
<Column ss:Index="3" ss:Width="177.75"/
<Column ss:Width="170.25"/
<Row
<Cell ss:StyleID="s21"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Executive</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/ExecName</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/ExecTitle</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Subordinates/Employee/EmpName</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Subordinates/Employee/EmpTitle</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Alice Waters</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Thomas</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Michael Rhodes</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
</Table
<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
<Selected/
<Panes
<Pane
<Number3</Number
<ActiveRow7</ActiveRow
<ActiveCol1</ActiveCol
</Pane
</Panes
<ProtectObjectsFalse</ProtectObjects
<ProtectScenariosFalse</ProtectScenarios
</WorksheetOptions
</Worksheet
</Workbook


I have never used the import or export of XML before, but it all looks
OK to me.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Dean" wrote in message
...
I have an xml file in the form

<Executive
<ExecNameJohn Smith</ExecName
<ExecTitleVP</ExecTitle
<Subordinates
<Employee
<EmpNameAlice Waters</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameJohn Thomas</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameMichael Rhodes</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
</Subordinates
</Executive

It contains lists of repeating lists. I can import the xml into Excel
2003
and 2007, but when I try to export the file as xml I get a message
"Cannot
save or export XML data. The XML maps in this workbook are not
exportable."

Does Excel not support lists of lists? This is pretty basic XML
hierarchy
stuff.



Dean
XML List of lists in Excel
 
You'll notice that the structure of the XML in your example has changed
though. In my original example, I had a single top level element <Executive
with three sub-elements <Employees. In your resulting file, the <Executive
element is repeated for each of the <Employee elements. I need to maintain
the original structure which should work using the Export XML... option, but
unfortunately it doesn't work. Using the Export XML... option creates a
simple "XML data only" file. Saving the file as XML, as you did, creates all
the additional schema information and even changes the tag names.

I can import and re-export the following correctly:
<Subordinates
<Employee
<EmpNameAlice Waters</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameJohn Thomas</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameMichael Rhodes</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
</Subordinates

But if I add the Parent <Executive element, then it doesn't work.


"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

I copied your data to Notepad and saved as Test.xml.
I opened it in XL2003 and it opened fine.
I saved it as XML as Copy of Test.xml and it worked fine.

On opening the new Copy of Test.xml in Notepad it produced the following

<?xml version="1.0"?
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
<LastAuthorRoger Govier</LastAuthor
<Created2006-12-15T00:29:20Z</Created
<Version11.8107</Version
</DocumentProperties
<OfficeDocumentSettings
xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
<DownloadComponents/
<LocationOfComponents HRef="file:///D:\"/
</OfficeDocumentSettings
<ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
<WindowHeight7425</WindowHeight
<WindowWidth14715</WindowWidth
<WindowTopX480</WindowTopX
<WindowTopY585</WindowTopY
<MaxChange0.00001</MaxChange
<Iteration/
<ProtectStructureFalse</ProtectStructure
<ProtectWindowsFalse</ProtectWindows
</ExcelWorkbook
<Styles
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal"
<Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/
<Borders/
<Font/
<Interior/
<NumberFormat/
<Protection/
</Style
<Style ss:ID="s21"
<Font ss:Bold="1"/
</Style
<Style ss:ID="s22"
<Font ss:Bold="1"/
<Interior ss:Color="#C0C0C0" ss:Pattern="Solid"/
</Style
</Styles
<Worksheet ss:Name="test"
<Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="4" ss:ExpandedRowCount="5"
x:FullColumns="1"
x:FullRows="1"
<Column ss:Width="59.25"/
<Column ss:Index="3" ss:Width="177.75"/
<Column ss:Width="170.25"/
<Row
<Cell ss:StyleID="s21"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Executive</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/ExecName</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/ExecTitle</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Subordinates/Employee/EmpName</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Subordinates/Employee/EmpTitle</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Alice Waters</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Thomas</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Michael Rhodes</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
</Table
<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
<Selected/
<Panes
<Pane
<Number3</Number
<ActiveRow7</ActiveRow
<ActiveCol1</ActiveCol
</Pane
</Panes
<ProtectObjectsFalse</ProtectObjects
<ProtectScenariosFalse</ProtectScenarios
</WorksheetOptions
</Worksheet
</Workbook


I have never used the import or export of XML before, but it all looks
OK to me.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Dean" wrote in message
...
I have an xml file in the form

<Executive
<ExecNameJohn Smith</ExecName
<ExecTitleVP</ExecTitle
<Subordinates
<Employee
<EmpNameAlice Waters</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameJohn Thomas</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameMichael Rhodes</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
</Subordinates
</Executive

It contains lists of repeating lists. I can import the xml into Excel
2003
and 2007, but when I try to export the file as xml I get a message
"Cannot
save or export XML data. The XML maps in this workbook are not
exportable."

Does Excel not support lists of lists? This is pretty basic XML
hierarchy
stuff.




Roger Govier
XML List of lists in Excel
 
Hi

I understand what you are now saying, but as this is my first time of
using XML I'm afraid I can't offer any help.
I merely tried to import and export to see if it worked in XL2003 on my
machine.
Hopefully, someone else will be able to offer some support.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Dean" wrote in message
...
You'll notice that the structure of the XML in your example has
changed
though. In my original example, I had a single top level element
<Executive
with three sub-elements <Employees. In your resulting file, the
<Executive
element is repeated for each of the <Employee elements. I need to
maintain
the original structure which should work using the Export XML...
option, but
unfortunately it doesn't work. Using the Export XML... option creates
a
simple "XML data only" file. Saving the file as XML, as you did,
creates all
the additional schema information and even changes the tag names.

I can import and re-export the following correctly:
<Subordinates
<Employee
<EmpNameAlice Waters</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameJohn Thomas</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameMichael Rhodes</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
</Subordinates

But if I add the Parent <Executive element, then it doesn't work.


"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

I copied your data to Notepad and saved as Test.xml.
I opened it in XL2003 and it opened fine.
I saved it as XML as Copy of Test.xml and it worked fine.

On opening the new Copy of Test.xml in Notepad it produced the
following

<?xml version="1.0"?
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
<DocumentProperties xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
<LastAuthorRoger Govier</LastAuthor
<Created2006-12-15T00:29:20Z</Created
<Version11.8107</Version
</DocumentProperties
<OfficeDocumentSettings
xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
<DownloadComponents/
<LocationOfComponents HRef="file:///D:\"/
</OfficeDocumentSettings
<ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
<WindowHeight7425</WindowHeight
<WindowWidth14715</WindowWidth
<WindowTopX480</WindowTopX
<WindowTopY585</WindowTopY
<MaxChange0.00001</MaxChange
<Iteration/
<ProtectStructureFalse</ProtectStructure
<ProtectWindowsFalse</ProtectWindows
</ExcelWorkbook
<Styles
<Style ss:ID="Default" ss:Name="Normal"
<Alignment ss:Vertical="Bottom"/
<Borders/
<Font/
<Interior/
<NumberFormat/
<Protection/
</Style
<Style ss:ID="s21"
<Font ss:Bold="1"/
</Style
<Style ss:ID="s22"
<Font ss:Bold="1"/
<Interior ss:Color="#C0C0C0" ss:Pattern="Solid"/
</Style
</Styles
<Worksheet ss:Name="test"
<Table ss:ExpandedColumnCount="4" ss:ExpandedRowCount="5"
x:FullColumns="1"
x:FullRows="1"
<Column ss:Width="59.25"/
<Column ss:Index="3" ss:Width="177.75"/
<Column ss:Width="170.25"/
<Row
<Cell ss:StyleID="s21"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Executive</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/ExecName</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/ExecTitle</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Subordinates/Employee/EmpName</Data</Cell
<Cell ss:StyleID="s22"<Data
ss:Type="String"/Subordinates/Employee/EmpTitle</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Alice Waters</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Thomas</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
<Row
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"John Smith</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"VP</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Michael Rhodes</Data</Cell
<Cell<Data ss:Type="String"Sales Rep</Data</Cell
</Row
</Table
<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
<Selected/
<Panes
<Pane
<Number3</Number
<ActiveRow7</ActiveRow
<ActiveCol1</ActiveCol
</Pane
</Panes
<ProtectObjectsFalse</ProtectObjects
<ProtectScenariosFalse</ProtectScenarios
</WorksheetOptions
</Worksheet
</Workbook


I have never used the import or export of XML before, but it all
looks
OK to me.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Dean" wrote in message
...
I have an xml file in the form

<Executive
<ExecNameJohn Smith</ExecName
<ExecTitleVP</ExecTitle
<Subordinates
<Employee
<EmpNameAlice Waters</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameJohn Thomas</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
<Employee
<EmpNameMichael Rhodes</EmpName
<EmpTitleSales Rep</EmpTitle
</Employee
</Subordinates
</Executive

It contains lists of repeating lists. I can import the xml into
Excel
2003
and 2007, but when I try to export the file as xml I get a message
"Cannot
save or export XML data. The XML maps in this workbook are not
exportable."

Does Excel not support lists of lists? This is pretty basic XML
hierarchy
stuff.


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