Overview:
Vault Loader misses the backslash (\) character when creating or updating a text field.
Example:
The string This\is\a\test\ in the Loader Sheet (below) loads as the following in Vault:
Root Cause:
The \ character is rendered as an Escape character or null value in Vault.
Solution:
This is working as designed.
The two outer backslashes are read as delimiter characters. Vault Loader uses the REST API language to append info and the \ character is used as a delimiter. If the user needs to represent a backslash in a text field, surround the backslash using two delimiter backslashes.
The user needs to utilize \\\ instead of \ in the loader file.
Example:
This\is\a\test\ then becomes This\\\is\\\a\\\test\\\, which consequently appears in Vault as such:
Related Documentation:
Vault Loader Documentation: About Vault Loader
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