KB220791: Escape character “^” is unable to be used as last character in a string value such as a password in MicroStrategy Command Manager

Symptom

The escape character (“^”) is unable to be used as the last character in a string value such as a password in Strategy Command Manager.
 

Steps to reproduce

Follow the steps below to reproduce the issue in the Strategy Tutorial project:
In Strategy Command Manager, creating a user with a password, for which the last character is “^”, results in an error as shown in the image below:
 

CREATE USER "TEST" PASSWORD "1234^";

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Note: In Strategy Desktop/Developer, the escape character (“^”) could be used as the last character in the string in the password.
 

Cause

This is a known issue with Strategy Command Manager.
 

Action

Currently it is not scoped for any upcoming scheduled Strategy release.