Parse Error - Invalid character reference -AlteryxModule

I have desinged a workflow which gets the data from Sharepoint and put in to HDFS path. It was working fine initially. But After I changed the Annotations, I am getting weird error messge when I tried to run the macro. I am not getting whats the error meant. I double checked all the annotation and there is no duplicates and I didnt use any special character. Can anyone let me know what is the error meant and where I need to check if this error happened.

Error Message:

Error: Designer x64: The Designer x64 reported: ParseError: Invalid character reference at line 19 and column 23530
while processing "AlteryxModule"

Thanks in advance

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pvijendr

Hi KaneG,

I resolved the isssue my self. I opened the workflow using notepad++ and validate the xml using xml tool plugin and found the special character in Formula Tool Annotation (Not sure how the special character came there). I removed it from xml and saved it. Now I am able to run it fine.

Thanks.

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KaneG

Hi @pvijendr,

If you haven't managed to resolve this issue yet, then try simply opening the module and re-saving it as a different filename.

You would be able to see exactly where the error is by opening the yxmd in Notepad++ and looking at Line 19, but I daresay that newlines have dropped out of the file or something similar...

Otherwise, if you can post or pm the workflow, then I'll take a look.

Kane

pvijendr

Hi KaneG,

Thanks.

McGurts

I just hit this error with a head scratching work flow this morning.

It was thrown up from a simple select tool. I only renamed two field names and this error popped up on execution. Deleting the select tool fixed it for me.

RogerL

Had this problem with a Logistic regression tool. Deleted tool, saved and then re-added the tool. worked fine.

I had a look at the XML using notepad and couldn't find any faults.

Lucys

I also searched for &#xA in my xml on Notepad++, replaced it with blank space (multiple times in different tools), saved it and it worked.

I think this error might have happened after I uninstalled and installed again Alteryx (also two different versions).

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