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CarlosAlvear
Contributor
12 months ago

Using "<" or ">" as a description in metadata

Dear all, I'd like to know how you deal with this kind of case, because > and < symbols are special for .XML files. I have a case where the description uses a ">" or "<" symbols but they are not pr...
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  • MarcusH's avatar
    MarcusH
    12 months ago

    Can you expand on the question? Where do you want to define them? What process are you going through that needs <> defined as &lt; &gt;?

    Your summary is correct: there are a number of characters that XML needs to treat differently and <> are 2 of them. You must 'escape' these special characters using the &gt; and &lt; strings. That is how they must appear in the XML file and OneStream will display them as < and >. 

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MarcusH
Contributor III
12 months ago

Can you expand on the question? Where do you want to define them? What process are you going through that needs <> defined as &lt; &gt;?

Your summary is correct: there are a number of characters that XML needs to treat differently and <> are 2 of them. You must 'escape' these special characters using the &gt; and &lt; strings. That is how they must appear in the XML file and OneStream will display them as < and >.