As of 9.0.0.3, all special characters should be handled when sourcing from OTBI and deploying to OTBI using linux Linux endpoints and with FlexDeploy running on Linux.
In 9.0.0.3, \ / : * < > are escaped coming from BI during discovery. This means that if you use any files that contain those characters, you should rediscover with the inactivate checkbox checked. A new file will appear. The name will be similar, but slashes will be percent encoded. These files didn’t work previously, so this doesn’t affect existing builds.
Known Limitations
On Windows, folders and files cannot start or end with spaces, but this can be done in OTBI. If it is done, Windows endpoints cannot be used, and FlexDeploy on Windows will have similar issues.
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