3618056 - Why is Character "&" not Supported in a Transformation XML in SAP Business Bydesign?

Why does the system convert the "&" symbol to "&amp"?

SAP Business ByDesign

XML cannot handle special characters directly. Therefore, the system converts the symbol "&" into "&".

 In XML, the ampersand "&" is a reserved character used to introduce entity references (such as "&amp", "&lt", "&gt", etc.). If you include a raw ampersand "&" in your XML data—for example, <Name>Smith & Sons</Name>—it will cause a parsing error because the parser expects a valid entity reference following the ampersand.

This is the current system behaviour.

In SAP Business ByDesign, when working with XML transformations, the ampersand character "&" is not directly supported in raw form within XML content.

This is not specific to SAP but it is a general rule of XML syntax.

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