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# XML Dataview - Preview Tab - XML File Definitions

The **Preview** tab for an **XML Dataview** extracts and displays records that fit the query criteria.

Selecting **Preview** on its own will produce a blank **Preview**.

To populate the **Preview**, first click the **Test File Load** button on the **XML Definition** screen.

Click this button to load a file into the definition. The associated **File Connection** will be used to find a file to load - ensure a file is sitting in the specified directory of this **File Connection** that matches the **File Search Pattern**.

A **Log** will display to show the results of loading the file.

Close the **Log** to be returned to the designer canvas.

Click on the **Preview** button to view the result of the query for that particular dataview. Where there is more than one dataview that may or may not be linked, click on the **Preview** button for each dataview to **Preview** the result for those individual dataview queries.

*Preview of the dataview called M10B2BORDER*

*Preview of the dataview called PODETAIL*

The **Preview** panes are fully scalable.

Click **OK** to close the **Preview**.