WebDesigner: JSON data source is not showing and saving properly

[Mirzodaler]

Hi all,

We are using web designer to edit reports. We have a JSON data sourcewith inline JSON. For a sake of simplicity it looks like this:

When I edit it from standalone report designer:

{
                Name: “Sample Report”,
                Description: “Sample report for testing purposes”,
}

But, when it is opened from web designer to edit, it is showing like this:

{
                Name: "Sample Report",
                Description: "Sample report for testing purposes",
}

You can see that, the quot " sign is replaced with a " . After I put some changes and save it, next time I open it, it looks like this:

{
                Name: "Sample Report Update ",
                Description: "Sample report for testing purposes",
}

You can see that & sign is now replaced with & . Everytime I saw it keeps adding this additional symbols and replacing them. 

When I process the JSON, I am getting the parsing error.

I want to have a principle of WYSIWYG with JSON datasource. Is it a known issue? And how soon it can be fixed?

Thanks,

 

[Todor]

Hello Mirzodaler,

Thank you for reporting the issue. We consider it as a bug and I have logged it in our public feedback portal on your behalf - The JsonDataSource component is escaping characters in the Web Report Designer. As a token of gratitude, we have updated your Telerik points.

The issue will be fixed in our next official release scheduled for the middle of September. You will be automatically notified when the status of the bug is updated.

Regards,
Todor
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