Determine the Transformation Schema

To prepare for the transformation project:

  1. Determine the goal of the project, such as indexing data, analyzing data, combining data, and so on.
  2. Examine the XML file and note the file structure and element names.
  3. Choose the elements to import and decide if any other limits are appropriate.

For example, the following XML file, prices.xml, is a simple, short file that contains price records. Each price record contains two fields: an item number and a price.

  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
  2. <prices>
  3.   <pricerecord>
  4.     <itemnumber>708421</itemnumber>
  5.     <price>19.99</price>
  6.   </pricerecord>
  7.   <pricerecord>
  8.     <itemnumber>708466</itemnumber>
  9.     <price>59.25</price>
  10.   </pricerecord>
  11.   <pricerecord>
  12.     <itemnumber>711121</itemnumber>
  13.     <price>24.99</price>
  14.   </pricerecord>
  15. </prices>

The goal is to import all the data into a HAWQ table with an integer itemnumber column and a decimal price column.