I want to define a String Snippet with a double quote, later also with a json string. So I need to escape characters. How is this possible. This is my example definition of a snippet, how to escape the double quotes arround “e”? <Snippet id=“FilterConfiguration” xsi:type=“session” type=“String” f…

Hi Johannes, in mappview (XML) double quotes (") are normally escaped with this syntax: " formatItem="T"e"st" in your example :slight_smile:

Thank you. My plan has changed because there are no conditions in a snippet. So I will not test if this approach also works in automation studio.

mappView String Snippet - How to escape double quotes

Simon_Stoll (Simon Stoll) April 4, 2025, 6:52am 2

Hi Johannes,

in mappview (XML) double quotes (") are normally escaped with this syntax: "

formatItem="T"e"st" in your example

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