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Workday XSLT 04- Basic XSLT Examples (If, Choose)

Workday XSLT 04- Basic XSLT Examples (If, Choose)

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Let's learn XSLT through examples. This is the continuation to the previous article Workday XSLT 03- Basic XSLT Examples. I am going to use the XML files given in Workday XSLT 01 - Introduction to XML.

YouTube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWltdLxjzI0

Online XSLT Editor

https://www.freeformatter.com/xsl-transformer.html

XSLT - IF Clause (and/or)

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1001</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">Emma Dylan</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2019-01-13</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS USA</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Office</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>100000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1002</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">James Tyler</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2020-12-20</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS USA</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Store</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>90000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1003</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">Oliver Parton</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2020-02-14</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS Germany</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Store</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>110000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
</Root>

XSLT

<xsl:stylesheet 
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/"
    version="2.0">
    <xsl:output method="text"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">

        <xsl:text>Employee ID,Name,Text</xsl:text>
        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
        <xsl:for-each select="Root/ab:Row">
            <xsl:value-of select="ab:Employee_ID"/>
            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="ab:Name"/>
            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            <xsl:if test="ab:Company='GMS USA' and ab:Location = 'Office'">
                <xsl:text>------- Company is </xsl:text>
                <xsl:value-of select="ab:Company"/>
                <xsl:text>; Location is </xsl:text>
                <xsl:value-of select="ab:Location"/>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>

        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output

Employee ID,Name,Text
1001,Emma Dylan,------- Company is GMS USA; Location is Office
1002,James Tyler,
1003,Oliver Parton,

XSLT - IF Clause - Working with Numbers and Dates

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1001</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">Emma Dylan</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2019-01-13</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS USA</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Office</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>100000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1002</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">James Tyler</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2020-12-20</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS USA</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Store</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>90000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1003</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">Oliver Parton</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2020-02-14</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS Germany</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Store</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>110000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
</Root>

XSLT

<xsl:stylesheet 
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/"
    version="2.0">
    <xsl:output method="text"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">

        <xsl:text>Employee ID,Name,Text</xsl:text>
        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
        <xsl:for-each select="Root/ab:Row">
            <xsl:value-of select="ab:Employee_ID"/>
            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="ab:Name"/>
            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            <xsl:if test="ab:Annual_Salary &lt;= 100000">
                <xsl:text>------- Annual Salary is </xsl:text>
                <xsl:value-of select="ab:Annual_Salary"/>
                <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:if test="ab:Hire_Date &gt;= '2020-01-01'">
                <xsl:text>******* Hire Date is </xsl:text>
                <xsl:value-of select="ab:Hire_Date"/>
                <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            </xsl:if>
            <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>

        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output

Employee ID,Name,Text
1001,Emma Dylan,------- Annual Salary is 100000,
1002,James Tyler,------- Annual Salary is 90000,******* Hire Date is 2020-12-20,
1003,Oliver Parton,******* Hire Date is 2020-02-14,

XSLT - Choose

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Root xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1001</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">Emma Dylan</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2019-01-13</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS USA</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Office</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>100000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1002</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">James Tyler</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2020-12-20</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS USA</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Store</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>90000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
    <ab:Row>
        <ab:Employee_ID>1003</ab:Employee_ID>
        <ab:Name Type="Full Name">Oliver Parton</ab:Name>
        <ab:Hire_Date>2020-02-14</ab:Hire_Date>
        <ab:Company>GMS Germany</ab:Company>
        <ab:Location>Store</ab:Location>
        <ab:Annual_Salary>110000</ab:Annual_Salary>
    </ab:Row>
</Root>

XSLT

<xsl:stylesheet 
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
    xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/"
    version="2.0">
    <xsl:output method="text"/>

    <xsl:template match="/">

        <xsl:text>Employee ID,Name,Text</xsl:text>
        <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>
        <xsl:for-each select="Root/ab:Row">
            <xsl:value-of select="ab:Employee_ID"/>
            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="ab:Name"/>
            <xsl:text>,</xsl:text>
            <xsl:choose>
                <xsl:when test="ab:Annual_Salary &lt;= 100000">
                    <xsl:text>------- Annual Salary is less than 100K</xsl:text>
                </xsl:when>
                <xsl:otherwise>
                    <xsl:text>******* Annual Salary is greater than 100K</xsl:text>
                </xsl:otherwise>     
            </xsl:choose> 
            <xsl:text>&#xa;</xsl:text>

        </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

Output

Employee ID,Name,Text
1001,Emma Dylan,------- Annual Salary is greater than 100K
1002,James Tyler,------- Annual Salary is greater than 100K
1003,Oliver Parton,******* Annual Salary is less than 100K
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