KB483196: In Web, when the entity reference &current is used in a dossier HTML container URL, it is encoded into a symbol (¤)

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In Web 2019, when the entity reference &current is used in a dossier HTML container URL, then it is encoded into ¤. This kb article provides a workaround for this issue.

Starting with the release of Strategy ONE (March 2024), dossiers are also known as dashboards.
In a dossier where the entity reference

¤

is used in a URL in an HTML container, the Strategy Environment converts this into an unknown entity (symbol). This occurs because

is considered the beginning of an entity reference.

Steps to Reproduce

1. In Web, open a dossier.
2. Click the HTML Container icon.

3. In the HTML container, click HTML Text.

4. Paste the following HTML code in the container and click OK.

<html> <body> <a href="./mstrWeb? evt=2048001&src=mstrWeb.2048001¤tViewMedia=2"><img id="site-logo" src="https://www.Strategy.com/getmedia/3534c22d-a593-4ecc-bbec-c8c6ac3deab5/logo" alt="Strategy"></a> </body> </html>

5. Click on the image and see

¤tViewMedia

is converted into

¤tViewMedia

Cause

The reason the symbol appears is because

is considered to be the start of an entity, in this situation,

¤

is decoded as the

¤

symbol. In other situations, using

results in the correct conversion. For example,

©

is ©. However, that is not the case in this instance.

Workaround

This issue was reviewed by our technology team for feasibility and will not be scoped for a code fix in any upcoming release. As such, for a workaround, you can encode

¤tViewMedia

with

&currentViewMedia

or put

currentViewMedia

as the first parameter in the URL API.

KB483196

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Published:

April 25, 2019

Last Updated:

March 21, 2024