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3601976 - Error "XmlParseEntityRef : no name" occurs when accessing api/v1/Resources in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).

Symptom

Error " XmlParseEntityRef : no name" occurs when accessing api/v1/Resources in SAC.

Environment

SAP ANALYTICS CLOUD 2025.1.6  

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open the SAC Rest API URL: https://./api/v1/Resources in a browser to get list of resources in SAC.

Notice the error "XmlParseEntityRef : no name"

Cause

Some of the stories in the tenant contain special characters, such as ampersand (&), less-than sign (<), greater-than sign (>), double quote ("), single quote (') in their names.

Resolution

We need to remove the special characters from the story name.

See Also

Keywords

api, v1, resources, sac, error, rest api, browser, get, post, access , KBA , LOD-ANA-GTW , Gateway for SAP Analytics Cloud API , Problem

Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0