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Reports with '&' (ampersand) in the name cause 'The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference' error message - Known Error
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KB0634530

Reports with '&' (ampersand) in the name cause 'The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference' error message


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Description

If a report is stored with '&' (ampersand) in the name, opening it throws the error 'The entity name must immediately follow the '&' in the entity reference'.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set glide.ui.escape_text to false.
  2. Create a report with an ampersand (&) in its title and save.
  3. Navigate to the report and open.

    Note the error message displayed:

Workaround

This issue occurs on instances where the glide.ui.escape_text system property has never been set. If this property is set to true a first time, then the issue is never reproducible again, even later when the property is deleted or set to false.

Use one of the following workarounds:

  • Navigate to sys_properties.list on the Application Navigator.
  • Search for the Property glide.ui.escape_text by the name.
  • Set glide.ui.escape_text to true.

Related Problem: PRB806535

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