https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/reading-UTF-16-XML-file/m-p/2310975#M82054 Hi, <BR />There is a known bug about the creation ofUTF-16 XML file in metadata , so how about trying to use the tFileInputXML component and custom the encoding as "UTF-16". See the following screenshot. <BR />Best regards <BR />Sabrina <BR /> <span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="0683p000009MDhV.png"><img src="https://community.qlik.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/137217i3D730F532EF40D69/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="0683p000009MDhV.png" alt="0683p000009MDhV.png" /></span> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:47:50 GMT Anonymous 2013-02-05T04:47:50Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/reading-UTF-16-XML-file/m-p/2310974#M82053 How to read an XML file with UTF-16. I tried defining the metadata but it can't read the schema and gives an error saying incorrect format. When I try to run it gives an error saying Error on line 1 of document : Content is not allowed in prolog. Nested exception: Content is not allowed in prolog. Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:48:57 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/reading-UTF-16-XML-file/m-p/2310974#M82053 Anonymous 2013-02-04T22:48:57Z https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/reading-UTF-16-XML-file/m-p/2310975#M82054 Hi, <BR />There is a known bug about the creation ofUTF-16 XML file in metadata , so how about trying to use the tFileInputXML component and custom the encoding as "UTF-16". See the following screenshot. <BR />Best regards <BR />Sabrina <BR /> <span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="0683p000009MDhV.png"><img src="https://community.qlik.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/137217i3D730F532EF40D69/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="0683p000009MDhV.png" alt="0683p000009MDhV.png" /></span> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:47:50 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Talend-Studio/reading-UTF-16-XML-file/m-p/2310975#M82054 Anonymous 2013-02-05T04:47:50Z