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    WITH Data AS (
    SELECT 'Your user id' AS UserName,
       'Your password' AS Password,
       '25/01/2017' AS TransDate,
       '09:00:00' AS TransTime,
       'test1234' AS TransRef,
       'N' AS DocsReqdInd
    )
    SELECT UserName AS 'Header_UserName/@Val',
       Password AS 'Header_Password/@Val',
       TransDate AS 'Header_TransDate/@Val',
       TransTime AS 'Header_TransTime/@Val',
       TransRef AS 'Header_TransRef/@Val',
       DocsReqdInd AS 'Header_DocsReqdInd/@Val'
    FROM Data
    FOR XML PATH('Header');

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