topic Re: Simple XML - Encountering the error - EntityRef: expecting ';' in Dashboards & Visualizations

Simple XML - Encountering the error - EntityRef: expecting ';'

ben_leung — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:41:33 GMT

I have the below in my defaul.xml

<nav search_view="search" color="#2B60DE">
  <view name="private_searches" default='true' />
  <view name="private_dashboards" />
  <a href="/manager/search/saved/searches/_new?action=edit&ns=search">Create a saved search</a>
  <a href="/manager/search/data/ui/views/_new?action=edit&ns=search">Create a dashboard</a>
</nav>

When trying to save the page, I am getting the red banner

Encountered the following error while trying to update: In handler 'nav': Error parsing XML on line 5: EntityRef: expecting ';'

I am not sure, but I think it has to be escaped somehow. Does anyone know what should be done in this situation? I want to have a button on the navigation bar for redirecting directly to the create saved search and dashboard endpoint.

Re: Simple XML - Encountering the error - EntityRef: expecting ';'

ben_leung — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 05:06:18 GMT

<nav search_view="search" color="#2B60DE">
  <view name="private_searches" default='true' />
  <view name="private_dashboards" />
  <a href="/manager/search/saved/searches/_new?action=edit&ns=search">Create a saved search</a>
  <a href="/manager/search/data/ui/views/_new?action=edit&ns=search">Create a dashboard</a>
</nav>

Weird how I see a "5." displayed in the code section above. Is there a bug in the new answers page?

Re: Simple XML - Encountering the error - EntityRef: expecting ';'

jrodman — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:10:59 GMT

Sure looks like it thinks the & is the start of an entity, but it's part of a quoted attribute value. Not sure where to go from here other than trying it and debugging it.

Re: Simple XML - Encountering the error - EntityRef: expecting ';'

martin_mueller — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:44:49 GMT

Replace & with &, the XML entity for an ampersand.

Re: Simple XML - Encountering the error - EntityRef: expecting ';'

martin_mueller — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 15:42:19 GMT

That 5. is just the new answers platform labelling every fifth line of code.