Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a template XSLT (extensible stylesheet language transformation) based NETCONF (network configuration protocol) data collector. An embodiment operates by sending, by a network management device, a NETCONF request to a first network element and a first network element, where the NETCONF request is generated based on a configuration file corresponding to the first network element and the first network element. The embodiment generates a stylesheet corresponding to the NETCONF configuration file. The embodiment receives a first NETCONF reply message and a second NETCONF reply message, where the first NETCONF reply message is generated by the first network element in response to receiving the NETCONF request, and the second NETCONF reply message is generated by the first network element in response to receiving the NETCONF request.