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darshthakkar
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4 years ago
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Passing values containing < > in XML generator with "Escape special characters" turned ON

Hi,

I’ve some fields containing < > (html tags) that needs to go into XML generator and provide desired output however the fields come in as a raw string and doesn’t do it’s work as “Escape special characters” in XML generator has been turned ON. If this option is turned off, the pipeline doesn’t even run.

Any workaround on how to ingest <> in XML generator with the pipeline running as well?
Thanks!

Best Regards,
DT

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  • darshthakkar's avatar
    darshthakkar
    4 years ago

    Values inside tags like < >, etc can not be ingested into XML Generator without any customization. By default, those values will be converted to snapLogic’s predefined symbols which can be found in the below 2 links:
    Link 1
    Link 2

    I went with a different route for my development so the concern I was having has been resolved. Instead of passing those values inside < > (native html tags) inside an XML generator, I defined the html format in mapper/file writer itself so the format took care of the required output. Remember, the file name should be .html (if the use case is to generate html files; the format could be different as per the use case) to see these changes happening.

    The suggestions/solution given above on this thread may work, I haven’t tried it and there is another thread discussing the same: Similar Thread_1

    Signing off from this thread!

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      • darshthakkar's avatar
        darshthakkar
        Valued Contributor
        4 years ago

        While I appended some tags as seen in the snap below, I wanted them to function like native html tags however it is just printing them:

        As per my understanding, a href =" "> should have been hyperlinked to ClickMe and
        should have brought the remaining text to the next line. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

        Regards,
        DT

  • darshthakkar's avatar
    darshthakkar
    Valued Contributor
    4 years ago

    Values inside tags like < >, etc can not be ingested into XML Generator without any customization. By default, those values will be converted to snapLogic’s predefined symbols which can be found in the below 2 links:
    Link 1
    Link 2

    I went with a different route for my development so the concern I was having has been resolved. Instead of passing those values inside < > (native html tags) inside an XML generator, I defined the html format in mapper/file writer itself so the format took care of the required output. Remember, the file name should be .html (if the use case is to generate html files; the format could be different as per the use case) to see these changes happening.

    The suggestions/solution given above on this thread may work, I haven’t tried it and there is another thread discussing the same: Similar Thread_1

    Signing off from this thread!