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3173268 - Catalog import / upload fails with validation error "Illegal XML character:"

Symptom

Catalog import fails with Extensible Markup Language (XML) parsing exception, java.io.IOException: Illegal XML character: &#xb on line xxxx.

Inspecting the lines, xxxx, in Textpad or Microsoft Excel does not show any characters.


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Environment

SAP Ariba Catalogs

Product

SAP Ariba Procurement, cloud edition all versions

Keywords

Illegal XML character catalog import error, Catalog, new version, update, file, special character, notepad ++, xml, validation, error , KBA , BNS-ARI-CM , Catalog Management , BNS-ARI-CM-PUB , Catalog Publishing , Problem

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