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Bug

Field name contains the Less Than (<) or Greater Than (>) characters, these characters are displayed as '&gt;' and '&lt;' in the attribute table in Map Viewer.

ArcGIS Online
Bug ID Number BUG-000171431
SubmittedOctober 11, 2024
Last ModifiedJune 4, 2025
Applies toArcGIS Online
Version foundN/A
Operating SystemN/A
Operating System VersionN/A
StatusKnown Limit

Additional Information

The Less Than (<) and Greater Than (>) symbols are unsupported characters. This is documented in multiple Esri resources, including this Technical Support article called What characters should not be used in ArcGIS for field names and table names?: https://support.esri.com/en-us/knowledge-base/what-characters-should-not-be-used-in-arcgis-for-field--000005588, and in many 'field naming guidelines' documents state that 'Spaces and certain characters are not supported in field names. Special characters include hyphens such as in x-coordinate and y-coordinate; parentheses; brackets; and symbols such as $, %, and #. Essentially, remove any character that is not alphanumeric or an underscore.

Steps to Reproduce

Bug ID: BUG-000171431

Software:

  • ArcGIS Online

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