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KB287307: When passing element prompt answers dynamically via Edit Links with special characters in a document the user is prompted in MicroStrategy Web 10.2


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When passing element prompt answers dynamically via Edit Links with special characters in a document the user is prompted in MicroStrategy Web 10.2

SYMTOM: 
When passing element prompt answers dynamically via edit links, in Strategy Web 10.2, the user gets reprompted when the attribute element being selected has an attribute id that contains a special character such as a comma, colon, or ampresand. 
 
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. Edit the subcategory table in the Strategy 10.2 MetaData.
  2. Change the attribute ID to a string value.
  3. Add an ampersand character '&' in between one of the Subcategory values.
  4. Save the changes.
  5. Create a report in Strategy Web 10.2 that includes the Subcategory values.
  6. Change the attribute form to only show the ID.
  7. Create a source document based off of this report.
  8. Create another report with the subcategory attribute and make this prompted on the ID form.
  9. Create a destination report based of the prompted report.
  10. In the source report create an Edit Link to run the destination document and set the option in the Edit Link to "Answer Dynamically".
  11. Run the source report and click on the Subcategory element that has the ampersand '&', notice the destination document will not have that value passed.

 
CAUSE:
This is an known issue in Strategy Web 10.2.
 
ACTION: 
This issue has been addressed in Strategy Web 10.3. Upgrade to this version to take advantage of this fix.


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June 6, 2017

Last Updated:

June 6, 2017