Import data from XML file into excel

Question

I am trying to import XML file into excel and I have tried with the following code

Sub Convert_XML_To_Excel_Through_VBA()
'Code from Officetricks.com
'Add referece from Menu: "Tools -> References -> Microsoft XML Vn.0"
Dim iRow As Integer, iCol As Integer
Dim xmlDoc As MSXML2.DOMDocument60, xmlRoot As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
Dim xmlNodes As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode, xmlData As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
Set xmlDoc = New MSXML2.DOMDocument60

'Load & Wait till complete XML Data is loaded
xmlDoc.async = False
xmlDoc.validateOnParse = False
xmlDoc.Load (ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Sample.xml")

'XML Loaded. Now Read Elements One by One into XML DOM Objects
Set xmlRoot = xmlDoc.DocumentElement
Set xmlNodes = xmlRoot.FirstChild

'Read XML Data and Load into Excel Sheet by each Node and Chile Node
iRow = 0
For Each xmlNodes In xmlRoot.ChildNodes
    iRow = iRow + 1
    iCol = 0

    For Each xmlData In xmlNodes.ChildNodes
        iCol = iCol + 1
        If xmlData.BaseName = "sheetDataSet" Then
            ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(1, iCol) = xmlData.BaseName
            Dim e

            For Each e In xmlData.ChildNodes
            Debug.Print e.Text
            'ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(iRow, iCol) = xmlData.Text
            Next e
        End If
    Next xmlData
Next xmlNodes
End Sub

All what I could get is one stream-text like that Header1Header2Yasser10Ahmed20Reda30 Here's the XML content

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<externalLink
	xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
	xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x14"
	xmlns:x14="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/main">
	<externalBook
		xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" r:id="rId1">
		<sheetNames>
			<sheetName val="Sheet1"/>
		</sheetNames>
		<sheetDataSet>
			<sheetData sheetId="0" refreshError="1">
				<row r="1">
					<cell r="A1" t="str">
						<v>Header1</v>
					</cell>
					<cell r="B1" t="str">
						<v>Header2</v>
					</cell>
				</row>
				<row r="2">
					<cell r="A2" t="str">
						<v>Yasser</v>
					</cell>
					<cell r="B2">
						<v>10</v>
					</cell>
				</row>
				<row r="3">
					<cell r="A3" t="str">
						<v>Ahmed</v>
					</cell>
					<cell r="B3">
						<v>20</v>
					</cell>
				</row>
				<row r="4">
					<cell r="A4" t="str">
						<v>Reda</v>
					</cell>
					<cell r="B4">
						<v>30</v>
					</cell>
				</row>
			</sheetData>
		</sheetDataSet>
	</externalBook>
</externalLink>

How can I import the data into the sheet properly?

Answer 1

The XML has a default namespace, you need to assign a prefix to it with SetProperty, then use the prefix in your XPath in your SelectNodes calls. Here's working example.

Sub LoadXML()
  Dim xml As Object
  Set xml = CreateObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument")
  xml.Load ("c:\temp\excel.xml")
  xml.setProperty "SelectionNamespaces", "xmlns:ns='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main'"

  Dim col As New Collection

  Dim ndRows, ndCols As Object

  Set ndRows = xml.SelectNodes("//ns:row")

  For i = 0 To ndRows.Length - 1
    Set ndCols = ndRows(i).SelectNodes("ns:cell/ns:v")
    For j = 0 To ndCols.Length - 1
      Cells(i + 1, j + 1) = ndCols(j).Text
    Next j
  Next i

End Sub

Answer 2

Using this path from the menu of Excel:

Data/ Get External Data / From Other Sources / From XML Data Import

Answer 3

Keep traversing down the tree

 Dim e, r, c, addr As String
 For Each e In xmlData.ChildNodes
     For Each r In e.ChildNodes
         For Each c In r.ChildNodes
             addr = c.Attributes(0).Value
             ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range(addr) = c.Text
         Next
     Next
Next e