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title: "XML Serialize"
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updated: 2025-07-09T19:04:14Z
published: 2025-07-09T19:04:14Z
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# XML Serialize

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | --- |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 8.9.0 |
| **Location** | Data > XML |

Allows a user to convert a composite Decisions object into an XML formatted string. The step is configured per-use basis for what composite type a user would like to serialize. The Readable XML Output option will include line breaks between properties to ease human reading.

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## Properties

#### Options

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Readable XML Output | Word wraps the output of the step to make it easy to read. | Boolean |
| Treat Null String Like Empty String | Changes null string values into empty string values. | Boolean |
| Output Encoding | Supports Encoding of Unicode, ASCII, UTF7, UTF8, or UTF32. | --- |
| Include BOM in Output | Adds a Byte Order Mark to the serialized output. | Boolean |

#### Parameters

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Type | Type of data that will be serialized (can be a User Defined type or a default Decisions type). | --- |

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Object to Serialize | The input variable expects an object from the user-selected type. XML Arrays can be serialized as of 8.9. | --- |

#### Outputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| XmlSerialize1_Output | The default variable that stores the XML serialized type. | String |
| Error Message | Output variable for the step error message. | String |

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Related Information

Forum Posts: [XML Serialization, Set Namespace And Schema](https://community.decisions.com/discussion/29359/xml-serialization-set-namespace-and-schema) [How To Export Serialized XML To XML File](https://community.decisions.com/discussion/29405/how-to-export-serialized-xml-to-xml-file) [XSD Vs XML Serialization/Deserialization?](https://community.decisions.com/discussion/9841/xsd-vs-xml-serialization-deserialization)