Formatting IMPORTXML Xpath query into readable data for Google Sheets - google-sheets

Question

I am importing XML data to a google sheet which has the following structure:
edit: URL: https://sonicstate.com/news/tools/revive_stats/client_camp_3785.xml
<data>
<campaignId>15802</campaignId>
<campaignName>Some name</campaignName>
<startDate>
<year>2021</year>
<month>12</month>
<day>02</day>
</startDate>
<endDate>
<year>2021</year>
<month>12</month>
<day>13</day>
</endDate>
</data>
<data>
.... another record
</data>
I want the results of multiple rows to be imported with date values concatenated so they can appear in manageable rows in the sheet I can then query while the other values will appear in their own cells with a row for each record.
eg
15802 | Some name | 2021/12/02 | 2021/12/13
15803 | Another name | 2021/11/30 | 2021/12/04
I have tried:
IMPORTXML("myurl" , "//data/campaignId | //data/campaignName | //data/startDate/year | //data/startDate/month|//data/startDate/day")
But each value returns on a separate row with cells for year, month, day
eg:
15802
Some Name
Year | Month | Day
15802
Another Name
Year | Month | Day
etc
I also tried:
IMPORTXML("myurl" , "concat(//data/campaignId , //data/campaignName , //data/startDate/year,'/', //data/startDate/month,'/',//data/startDate/day")
But that only returns a single record. I'm struggling to find the right terms to search for what I am trying to achieve. Also Sheets XMLIMPORT uses XPath 1.0 which limits the functions available

Answer 1

try:
=INDEX(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(SPLIT(FLATTEN(SPLIT(QUERY(FLATTEN(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(
IFERROR(IF(0=MOD(ROW(A:A)-1, 5)-{0, 1, 4, 3, 2}, {"♦","","","",""}&TEXT(
IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/campaignId|//data/campaignName|//data/startDate/year|//data/startDate/month|//data/startDate/day"),
{"#","#","#","#","#"})&{"♠","♠","","♣","♣"}, ))),,9^9)),,9^9), "♦")), "♠")), "♣ ", "/"))
formula explanation
shorter fx:
=INDEX(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(SPLIT(FLATTEN(SPLIT(QUERY(IFNA(
CHOOSE(MATCH(MOD(SEQUENCE(999)-1, 5), {0, 1}), "♦", )&
IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/campaignId|//data/campaignName|//data/startDate/year|//data/startDate/month|//data/startDate/day")&
CHOOSE(MATCH(MOD(SEQUENCE(999)-1, 5), {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}), "♠","♠","♣","♣","")),,9^9), "♦")), "♠")), "♣ ", "/"))

Answer 2

Try this
in A1 : your url
in A2 : your function without any change
in B1 : put 5 as you request 5 values per item
in B2 :
=ARRAYFORMULA(VLOOKUP(SEQUENCE(ROUNDUP(COUNTA(A2:A)/B1),B1,ROW(A2)),{ROW(A2:A),A2:A},2,0))
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nFcPgXgRc11-WWICG8Y8KEsB4qAoOt1lIbptHzXdC4M/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 3

try:
=INDEX({IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/campaignId"),
IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/campaignName"),
IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/startDate/day")&"/"&
IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/startDate/month")&"/"&
IMPORTXML(A1, "//data/startDate/year")})