Hi guys, I'm trying to use & in a new tab name for Alerts & Events but I get an error. Why is it not permitted? The default VNQM created tab name uses that same character. What gives?

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Tab name cannot contain invalid characters

Deltona

Hi guys,

I'm trying to use & in a new tab name for Alerts & Events but I get an error.

Tab Character Invalid 01.png

Why is it not permitted? The default VNQM created tab name uses that same character.

Tab Character Invalid 03.png

What gives?

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janene16

Hi Deltona do not place special characters (ie. &) in the name of tab.

Instead of "&", try replacing it as "and" and click update

Deltona

Thanks janene16‌ but I need to fix this issue, not avoid it.

neomatrix1217

I couldn't do it from the GUI but I created a tab without special characters first then edited in the DB to add the special character and it did update correctly in the website I have test machine so if you want to try this do so at your own risk.

njoylif

try using HTML style or ANSI.

I've actually gotten HTML tags to work in there, but sketchy at first.

Deltona

Nope. No luck.

Deltona

Did it survive an upgrade?

neomatrix1217

upgrade?

CourtesyIT

Can you provide some examples of the code you used.

Deltona

humejo

Other than the DB edit mentioned by neomatrix1217 (which is also just a workaround if you think about it) there isn't a way to do this. It must be a limitation of the application (since obviously the SQL table allows the characters). Other than making a feature request and waiting for SolarWinds to allow this the SQL workaround is the only way I can think of. I just use the word "and" whenever I've ran into this. Not ideal, but not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things either.

Deltona

Hi humejo,

Thanks, but I am really worried about what the product will end up becoming, if these seemingly small issues that keep piling are left unaddressed.

It would take me two seconds to make this work with an SQL edit, but how long would it take a colleague to resolve an issue that this edit could create in the future, during a version upgrade?