Article - CS258327
"INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: An invalid or illegal XML character is specified" while attempting to export entities with special characters in ThingWorx Platform
Modified: 29-Aug-2019
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 7.3 to 8.4
Description
- Not able to export Thing in .xml file, after binding additional property in configuration and setup
- Defining a Thing with a property name that begins with or contains special character (valid for a property name) and then exporting that Thing fails in ThingWorx
- Unable to export entities as XML that contain leading numbers
- Unable to export entities as XML that contain special characters
- Entities export as binary but fail as XML
- ThingWorx allows properties to be created with @ or $ symbols in the name but these seem to cause issues on export
- When attempting to export entities via XML the browser opens a new tab and displays a File Not Found page
- Export attempt results in the web browser showing an error page containing
- The web page <ThingWorx Server><Export Parameters> might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address
- Error seen in \ThingworxStorage\logs\ApplicationLog.log:
- Error while processing task : INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR: An invalid or illegal XML character is specified
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