Rally - API: What are the considerations for special characters? ex: ASCII, backslashes and parenthesis

Products

• Rally On-Premise
• Rally SaaS

Issue/Introduction

Are there any special considerations that need to be given when using upper ASCII characters such as backslashes and parenthesis?

Environment

Release:
Component: ACSAAS

Resolution

The following common upper ASCII characters can be used without any special consideration:

!

@

$

^

*

(

)

+

-

{

}

[

]

|

<

>

,

.

?

/

'

The following characters need special consideration when used with the "contains" operator as they are considered wild cards:

%	t%g will pull "tag" and "telecommuting"
_	t_g will pull "tag" and "tug"

The following characters need to be URL encoded:

#	%23
&	%26

The following characters need to be escaped with a \:

\	\\
"	\"

Additional Information

keywords: agile central wildcard