Explore XML with an XPath expression

Type an XPath expression in the XPath box (highlighted in blue, above). As soon as you start typing, the display in the Results Pane reverts to the original XML – that is, any transformations from reports are undone. The XPath box changes colour according to the validity of the XPath expression.

• White indicates that there is no query or that the XPath expression has yielded no hits.
• Red indicates that the XPath expression is invalid. The box will go red while you are typing until you have completed a valid expression.
• Green indicates that the expression is valid.
• The number of hits/matches is listed in the Status bar (highlighted in red).

The XPath expression in the screenshot locates the names of all items with bad references: //* [ contains( @xoom:ref, '!!BadRef!!' ) ] / ancestor::* / @xoom:id. (We have included this as an example of the power that is available to expert users with XPath expressions. You could, of course, simply locate all bad references using the Bad References report.)