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Posted on by efialttes

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Hi all

I am exploring the options to use xpath() funtion for XML manipulation.

However, I am struggling trying to recreate the first example from the documentation:

The way I proceed with PowerAutomate to reproduce the example above is as follows:

However, when executing the flow, I do not get the result nodes in text format, but in UTF-8. Am I doing something wrong?

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Re: Xpath outputs in text format

@v-bacao-msft

Thanks for the links!

I found what was the problem, now I managed to get text output by applying the following expression:

xpath(xml(outputs('Compose')), 'string(/produce/item/name)')
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Re: Xpath outputs in text format

Hi @efialttes ,

Please check these similar threads and see if it helps:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Iterate-XML-with-flow/m-p/163734#M16546

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/General-Power-Automate/Parse-XML-using-Microsoft-Flow/td-p/114920

Best Regards,

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