Hello, I have an xml file with 200+ fields with the following format: <

Do you need a static CDT or a dynamic CDT? I think something worth thinking about is to build a rule that reads each elements and creates a type dynamically. like {lib:"option 01", ... ... ...} will give you a dynamic CDT with the contents of the XML.
Having said that, what does the XML do? I'm asking because there might be a better option to manage your requirement.

Hi
You can add an attribute to your CDT XSD like,
<xsd:attribute name="lib" type="xsd:string"/>

Thanks both for your answer.
Sathya- The CDT does not have to be dynamic. it is the output of a SOAP webservice. For now, I have a table that gives the "lib" attribute based on the element name but I was hoping that an appian function could do it.
Malthik- Once defined, how can I retrieve the attribute as a pv?

You could probably use the xpath expression functions, xpathdocument() or xpathsnippet(), to retrieve the attributes directly from the XML file.

Thanks Andrew. For now, I have hard coded the "lib" attribute in a rule.