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Displaying commas as text strings

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Webtrends Analytics 8.7
Webtrends Analytics 9.x

Cause

You need to display comma separated alphanumeric values as text string in your reports. For example, you want the following to display as Portland,Oregon in your report data: paramCity=Portland,Oregon

Resolution

All non alphanumeric (reserved) characters should be passed with their escaped value. Our engine is capable of reading and displaying these values properly.
Instead of passing “paramCity=Portland,Oregon”, send “paramCity=Portland%2COregon” (%2C is the escaped value of a comma).

More Information

There are quite a few characters that are considered “reserved” characters, and should always be escaped if you want the text value to be used in your report data.
Below is a list of these reserved characters and their escape values.
! %21
= %3D
* %2A
+ %2B
‘ %27
$ %24
( %28
, %2C
) %29
/ %2F
; %3B
? %3F
: %3A
# %23
@ %40
[ %5B
& %26
] %5D
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