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How to insert variable in power automate xpath expression

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Posted on by acrespo

Hello,

Trying to replace "FacturaElectronica" in the expression bellow by a variable: variables('TipoDoc'). Tried to build the string with concat() but have not been able to make it work.

xpath(xml(outputs('Obtener_contenido_de_XML_2')), 'string(/*[name()="FacturaElectronica"]/*[name()="Emisor"]/*[name()="Nombre"])')

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manuelstgomes 6,625 on at

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Hi @acrespo

Try copying with the following structure:

@{variables('TipoDoc')}

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acrespo 10 on at

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Thanks Manuel -

This gives me an invalid expression and doesn't allow to save even (also without the @):
xpath(xml(outputs('Obtener_contenido_de_XML_2')), 'string(/*[name()=@{variables('TipoDoc')}]/*[name()="Emisor"]/*[name()="Nombre"])')

This is the closest I have gotten but somehow the xpath doesn't work, it just returns the concatenated string instead of the xml content:
xpath(xml(outputs('Obtener_contenido_de_XML_2')), concat('''string(/*[name()=',variables('TipoDoc'),']/*[name()="Emisor"]/*[name()="Nombre"])'''))

Any other ideas I should try?

Thanks,

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v-litu-msft on at

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Hi @acrespo,

You could do like this:

1. Store the Xpath into a Compose action;

string(/*[name()="@{variables('TipoDoc')}"]/*[name()="Emisor"]/*[name()="Nombre"])

2. Append the output of Compose into the second parameter of Xpath() function:

xpath(xml(outputs('Obtener_contenido_de_XML_2')), outputs('Compose_4'))

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darkramuh 11 on at

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If you using a lot of Xpath expressions in one action and don't want to create for each separate "Compose" action as per previous answer, You also can use "concat"

xpath(xml(outputs('Obtener_contenido_de_XML_2')), concat('string(/*[name()=',variables('TipoDoc'),']/*[name()="Emisor"]/*[name()="Nombre"])'))

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