Parsing an XML from email into an incident

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I have a requirement to receive an xml via email (either as an attachment or in the body of the email). Once received, it should create a record with the data from the xml (preferably an SIR. Any ideas on the best way to achieve this?

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Tony Chatfield1
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Hi, you would normally use an inbound action or flow for this requirement.
I think embedding the payload within the message body would be easier for processing than adding as attachment.
If possible using name:value pairs in the message body would also be easier than parsing xml.

Sumanth16
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Hi @Community Alums ,

 

Please refer to below thread:

https://www.servicenow.com/community/devops-forum/how-to-parse-a-line-from-email-xml-and-assign-to-a-field/m-p/282069

https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-blog/loading-data-from-an-email-attachment/ba-p/2279728

 

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