The toAvro command expects a java.util.Map as input on conversion to a nested Avro record, per   https://github.com/kite-sdk/kite/blob/master/kite-morphlines/kite-morphlines-avro/src/main/java/org/kitesdk/morphline/avro/AvroConversions.java#L73-L87   However, your input data contains a (nested) Jackson JSON object, not a java.util.Map. Hence the conversion can't succeed.   Consider writing a custom morphline command that implements whatever conversion rules you wish, per http://kitesdk.org/docs/current/morphlines/morphlines-reference-guide.html#Implementing_your_own_Custom_Command    ... View more

Arrange it such that morphlineA pipe records into morphlineB:   Command morphlineB = new Compiler().compile(morphlineFileB, morphlineIdB, morphlineContextB, null); Command morphlineA = new Compiler().compile(morphlineFileA, morphlineIdA, morphlineContextA, morphlineB); ... View more

That’s the expected behavior per the doc at kitesdk.org/docs/current/kite-morphlines/morphlinesReferenceGuide.html#xquery: "The XPath string value of the attribute or child is filled into the record field”. The “XPath string value” is the concatenation of the *text nodes* and it does not include the element names or attribute names, per www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-string Also, Solr/Lucene wouldn’t know that to do with those tag names anyway. A Lucene/Solr field holds primitive type such as a string, it doesn’t work with nested structures. P.S. If you really need this, I believe saxon (and hence the xquery command) has an extension function to emit the serialization of an XML document into a string, but unfortunately that extension function is probably not available in the free "Saxon-HE" version that we ship with kite-morphlines-saxon: www.saxonica.com/documentation9.4-demo/html/extensions/functions/serialize.html Alternatively, you could write your own custom morphline command that implements whatever xquery serialization logic you like, of course. The code would be be a copy n’ paste of the existing xquery command expect for adjusting this part: github.com/kite-sdk/kite/blob/master/kite-morphlines/kite-morphlines-saxon/src/main/java/org/kitesdk/morphline/saxon/XQueryBuilder.java#L196-L198 ... View more