Error when Inserting > or < symbol in Text Label

[richbl]

Hello All,

 

I'm running JRS 5.5, and if I attempt to insert a > (greater than) or < (less than) symbol into a Text Label while in Dashboard Designer, I receive the following error:

 

Error Details

An error has occurred. Please contact your system administrator. (5321)

 

My question is this: how do I escape a > (greater than) or < (less than) symbol in a Text Label in JRS 5.5 Dashboard Designer? 

 

Similarly, if I attempt to insert an ampersand (&) into a Text Label, the symbol is replaced with &. Subsequent edits to that same Text Label will continue to insert amp; indefinitely. So the initial & becomes &amp;amp;...

 

Thanks much

 

[elizam]

This is a known issue. You can force the dashboard to display these symbols by overriding the security setup, but this is not recommended. 

http://community.jaspersoft.com/documentation/jasperreports-server-administration-guide/v56/configuring-input-validation

[richbl]

Thanks for your response.

 

Though I find it a bit unusual that a Text Label is constrained in this way, as it is not associated with any user input, hence neither a candidate for CSS nor SQL injection.

 

My sense is that Text Labels might be getting included in the same security-based rules assessment that other input controls are. This might--perhaps--be done in error.

 

Regardless, thanks again for your timely response.

 

[elizam]

I agree that this might be considered an excessive restriction and we can hope that this will be addressed in a future release.