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How to Read XML File and pass data to Desktop Flow

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Posted on by NeerajYadav Microsoft Employee

Hi All,

How to Read XML File and pass data to Desktop Flow?

 

 

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    matow_MSFT Microsoft Employee on at

    @NeerajYadav Flows built with Power Automate Desktop and automated flows on the web can read XML files and extract data using xpath. The XML contents could also be sent to a Power Automate Desktop flow as a string variable to be parsed on the desktop. 

     

    More info on using xpath: 

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/ui-flows/desktop/actions-reference/xml

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference#xpath

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