https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254716#M1308 <P>When exporting a configuration from Expedition the XML has empty lines in it. Additionally, it seems the xml tags aren't generating line breaks as expected. Screenshot included for reference. My workaround has been importing the exported configuration into the old migration tool and exporting again from there, in which case it is fixed.&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="xml_formatting.PNG" style="width: 800px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19189i0CB87D25DBC834B5/image-size/large/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="xml_formatting.PNG" alt="xml_formatting.PNG" /></span></P> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:11:35 GMT summation 2019-03-22T18:11:35Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254716#M1308 <P>When exporting a configuration from Expedition the XML has empty lines in it. Additionally, it seems the xml tags aren't generating line breaks as expected. Screenshot included for reference. My workaround has been importing the exported configuration into the old migration tool and exporting again from there, in which case it is fixed.&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="xml_formatting.PNG" style="width: 800px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19189i0CB87D25DBC834B5/image-size/large/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="xml_formatting.PNG" alt="xml_formatting.PNG" /></span></P> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:11:35 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254716#M1308 summation 2019-03-22T18:11:35Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254717#M1309 <P>Update: If I download the zip, the "pretty" version of the XML file is formatted normally. Is this just the new behavior?</P> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:20:59 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254717#M1309 summation 2019-03-22T18:20:59Z https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254770#M1312 <P>the format of the generated XML file is size optimized by removing blank and other formatting characters, reducing the overall size of the file.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The XML format itself is valid and can be imported and loaded into a PanOS device.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Expedition ver 1.1.8 added the 'pretty' option - which is a json term - to also provide a generated XML config file in the PanOS standard format.</P> Sat, 23 Mar 2019 10:54:57 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/expedition-discussions/export-xml-empty-lines-and-improper-formatting/m-p/254770#M1312 sjanita 2019-03-23T10:54:57Z