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3086716 - Special characters <,> and " are not allowed in ID, Name or Description of Report

Symptom

You are trying to open a report or another analytical object and you receive the following errors:

  • Report inconsistent. It cannot be started.
  • Special characters <,> and " are not allowed in ID, Name or Description
  • The following message applies to Report "ABC" etc

Environment

SAP Cloud for Customer

Reproducing the Issue

For example:

  1. Go to Business Analytics Work Center
  2. Go to Design Reports
  3. Search "ABC" and open
  4. Errors display:
  • Report inconsistent. It cannot be started.
  • Special characters <,> and " are not allowed in ID, Name or Description
  • The following message applies to Report "ABC" etc

Cause

Special Characters are not allowed in the Report or object name with the 2108 release to prevent some possible security issues.

Resolution

Please remove the special characters from the name of the Report or the object.

Keywords

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Product

SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions