{"id":22006,"date":"2025-08-30T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=22006"},"modified":"2025-11-17T18:11:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:11:43","slug":"filter-xml-columns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/datafileconverter\/filter-xml-columns.html","title":{"rendered":"Filter XML columns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to filter and return specific XML columns?<\/p>\n<p>Try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/\">Data File Converter<\/a>, a desktop XML columns filter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Filter XML columns, Easy and Fast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can run in <span id=\"gui\">GUI<\/span> mode, <a href=\"#split\">Step by Step<\/a>, just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<li>Can run in <a href=\"\/tools\/filter-file\/filter-xml-columns-cmd\" target=\"_blank\">Command line<\/a>, for <a href=\"\/tools\/filter-file\/filter-xml-columns-task\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Filter files locally and <b>privately<\/b>, avoid uploading XML file(s) to online services.<\/li>\n<li>Support <a href=\"\/tools\/filter-file\/filter-xml-columns-windows\" target=\"_blank\">Windows<\/a>, <a href=\"\/tools\/filter-file\/filter-xml-columns-linux\" target=\"_blank\">Linux<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/tools\/filter-file\/filter-xml-columns-macos\" target=\"_blank\">macOS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download Withdata DataFileConverter<\/a>  <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download DataFileConverter\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"convert\">Filter XML columns<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#source\">Choose source XML file<\/a> -> <a href=\"#target\">Select XML columns<\/a> -> <a href=\"#do\">Filter XML columns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Start a New Convert&#8221; for &#8220;Filter XML columns&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_task.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - task window\" width=\"468\" height=\"220\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Select From &#8220;File&#8221; &#8220;XML&#8221; To &#8220;File&#8221; &#8220;XML&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_type_xml-to-xml.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - select type\" width=\"615\" height=\"415\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"source\">1. Open source XML file.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_source_xml.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - open XML file\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source XML file&#8217;s content is like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/view-source-xml.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - source XML file\" width=\"658\" height=\"518\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"target\">2. Choose certain XML columns as output.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_destination_xml_filter_columns.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - config XML file\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"summary\">3. Set rows options.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_summary_xml-to-xml.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - summary\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"do\">4. Filter only selected XML columns.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_convert_xml-to-xml.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - convert file\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After filtering, you can view the output XML file.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_view_xml_filter_columns.png\" alt=\"Filter XML columns - view XML file\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p>More about <a href=\"\/tools\/filter-file\/filter-xml-columns\">XML columns filter<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download Withdata DataFileConverter<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download DataFileConverter\" width=\"165\" height=\"50\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dbv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to filter and return specific XML columns? Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop XML columns filter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Filter XML columns, Easy and Fast. Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks. Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams. 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