Getting Excel to interpret the return string of a WEBSERVICE() function using a WCF REST service.

I am using the WEBSERVICE() function in Excel and a WCF REST service is called through this function.  
The web service returns a string value of true or false when invoked.  E.g. <string xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/">True</string>
This has been confirmed through debugging and it seems to be working fine when invoked through a client application or browser.
However, the result shown in the cell in the Excel sheet is #VALUE!. This particular cell has a custom format (set using the Format Cells ... option) that displays "Yes" or "No". (The
custom format is "Yes" ; "Yes" ; "No".)  Is this the correct way of interpreting the results of a Web Service method called in Excel? Does a #VALUE! result actually imply a formatting issue or some other interpretation
error? Is there anything missing? Can somebody suggest ideas?
Any help would be appreciated.
Many thanks,
Keith
R K Howard

Hi Keith,
Have you used the formula FILTERXML(xml, xpath) function to extract single pieces of data from the XML string?
If not, please follow the blog below, the author will guide you to get data from Webservice.
http://blogs.office.com/2013/03/21/use-webservice-functions-to-automatically-update-excel-2013-spreadsheets-with-online-data/
Best Regards
Lan 
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