# Help parsing Xml File

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-parsing-xml-file/152538>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 15, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-parsing-xml-file/152538 "2018-10-15T17:06:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-parsing-xml-file/152538/3 "2018-10-25T04:33:12Z")

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hope this helps you,

> [@Is it possible to change output structure](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-change-output-structure/153759/6):
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> The xml file which you have posted has an error, didnot close the tag \<tag pluginname="LastUnauthenticatedResults"\>1539\</tag\> The input code is as follows as per your requirement, input { file { path =\> "D:/xxxxx/ELKStack/sample.xml" start\_position =\> "beginning" sincedb\_path =\> "NUL" codec =\> multiline { pattern =\> "" negate =\> "true" what =\> "previous" auto\_flush\_interval =\> 1 max\_lines =\> 333333 } } } filter { xml { source =\> "message" target =\> "parsed" store\_xml =\> "fal…

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