# Connecting to XML Datasources

After connecting to your data source, set DataModel to more closely match the data representation to the structure of your data.

### Connecting to XML

Below are example connection strings to XML files or streams, using the provider's default data modeling configuration (see below):

| **Service provider**            | **URI formats**                                                                                                                    | **Connection example**                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Local                           | <p>localPath</p><p>file:///localPath/file.xml</p>                                                                                  | URI=C:\folder1\file.xml;                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| HTTP or HTTPS                   | <p><http://remoteStream></p><p><https://remoteStream></p>                                                                          | URI=<http://www.host1.com/streamname1>;                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Amazon S3                       | s3://bucket1/folder1/file.xml                                                                                                      | URI=s3://bucket1/folder1/file.xml; AWSAccessKey=token1; AWSSecretKey=secret1; AWSRegion=OHIO;                                                                                                             |
| Azure Blob Storage              | azureblob://mycontainer/myblob/                                                                                                    | URI=azureblob://mycontainer/myblob; AzureAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;                                                                                                                         |
| Google Drive                    | gdrive://remotePath/file.xml                                                                                                       | URI=gdrive://folder1/file.xml;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;                                                                                                                                                |
| Box                             | box://remotePath/file.xml                                                                                                          | URI=box://folder1/file.xml; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;                                                                                                                                                  |
| Dropbox                         | dropbox://remotePath/file.xml                                                                                                      | URI=dropbox://folder1/file.xml; InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH; OAuthClientId=oauthclientid1; OAuthClientSecret=oauthcliensecret1; CallbackUrl=<http://localhost:12345>;                                     |
| Sharepoint                      | sp\://remotePath/file.xml                                                                                                          | URI=sp\://Documents/folder1/file.xml; User=user1; Password=password1; SharepointUrl=<https://subdomain.sharepoint.com>;                                                                                   |
| FTP or FTPS                     | <p>ftp\://server:port/remotePath/file.xml</p><p> ftps\://server:port/remotepath/file.xml</p>                                       | URI=ftps\://localhost:990/folder1/file.xml; User=user1; Password=password1;                                                                                                                               |
| AzureDataLakeStoreGen2          | <p>abfs\://myfilesystem/remotePath/file.xml</p><p> abfss\://myfilesystem\@accountName.dfs.core.windows.net/remotepath/file.xml</p> | <p>URI=abfs\://myfilesystem/folder1/file.xml; AzureAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;</p><p> URI=abfss\://myfilesystem\@myAccount.dfs.core.windows.net/folder1/file.xml; AzureAccessKey=myKey;</p>  |
| AzureDataLakeStoreGen2 with SSL | <p>abfss\://myfilesystem/remotePath/file.xml</p><p> abfs\://myfilesystem\@accountName.dfs.core.windows.net/remotepath/file.xml</p> | <p>URI=abfss\://myfilesystem/folder1/file.xml; AzureAccount=myAccount; AzureAccessKey=myKey;</p><p> URI=abfss\://myfilesystem\@myAccount.dfs.core.windows.net/folder1/file.xml; AzureAccessKey=myKey;</p> |
| Wasabi                          | wasabi://bucket/remotePath/file.xml                                                                                                | URI=wasabi://bucket/folder1/file.xml; AWSAccessKey=token1; AWSSecretKey=secret1; AWSRegion=NorthenVirginia;                                                                                               |

### Modeling XML Data

The DataModel property is the controlling property over how your data is represented into tables and toggles the following basic configurations.

* **Document** (default): Model a top-level, document view of your XML data. The provider returns nested elements as aggregated XML.
* **FlattenedDocuments**: Detect nested documents and implicitly join them into a single table.
* **Relational**: Return individual, related tables from hierarchical data. The tables contain a primary key and a foreign key that links to the parent document.

See [Parsing Hierarchical Data](/apprules-r-documentation/platform/platform-features/system-settings/data-sources/connection-settings/services/xml/parsing-hierarchical-data.md)


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