It is not possible to use the AMPScript function TransformXML with ContentBuilder assets.
Last updated 2020-08-12 ·Reference W-6288761 ·Reported By 8 users
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Summary
It is not possible to use the TransformXML function with Content Builder assets, it doesn't appear to work without the GetPortfolioItem function (which only works with Classic Content items).
Repro
Method One
Upload XML and XSL files to Content Builder(example: https://www.w3schools.com/xml/tryxslt.asp?xmlfile=cdcatalog&xsltfile=cdcatalog)
Attempt to use: %%= TransformXML(ContentBlockById("xmlID"), ContentBlockById("xslID")) =%%
Method fails because those files are not considered content blocks
Method Two
Copy/Paste XML and XSL files into separate Code Snippets
Attempt to use: %%= TransformXML(ContentBlockById("xmlID"), ContentBlockById("xslID")) =%%
Fails with the error: Failed to parse XML document. See inner exception for details. XML Starts With: Empire BurlesqueBob DylanUSAColumbia10.901985Hide
Method Three
Import the XML and XSL into a data extension (example file included)
%%[ TransformXML(Lookup('TransformXMLTest', 'XML', 'ID', 1), Lookup('TransformXMLTest', 'XSL', 'ID', 1)) ]%%
Fails with the error: Failed to parse XSL document. See inner exception for details. XSL Starts With: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xsl:stylesh" Missing mandatory attribute 'select'.
Workaround
Currently the only workaround is utilize Classic Content.
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