The XML engine imports
only XML documents that conform to the markup types supported in the
XMLTYPE= option. Attempting to import free-form XML documents that
do not conform to the specifications required by the supported markup
types will generate errors. To successfully import files that do not
conform to the XMLTYPE= markup types, you can create a separate XML
document, called an
XMLMap.
If your XML document
does not import successfully, rather than transform the document,
you can tell the XML engine how to interpret the XML markup in order
to successfully import the XML document. You create an XMLMap that
contains specific XMLMap syntax, which is XML markup. The XMLMap syntax
tells the XML engine how to interpret the XML markup into a SAS data
set or data sets, variables (columns), and observations (rows).
As an alternative to
you creating an XMLMap by coding XMLMap syntax, the SAS XML Mapper
can generate XMLMap syntax. SAS XML Mapper removes the tedium of creating
and modifying an XMLMap by providing a GUI that generates the appropriate
XML elements for you. SAS XML Mapper analyzes the structure of an
XML document or an XML schema, and generates basic syntax for the
XMLMap.
See Using SAS XML Mapper to Generate and Update an XMLMap.After the XMLMap is
created, use the XMLMAP= option in the LIBNAME statement to specify
the file.