ADF Switch does not accept '/' for cases

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ADF Switch does not accept '/' for cases

Edwin 61

Hi,

I have a strange bug. I have an existing Data Factory pipeline where I have cases that are data lake paths e.g. 'container/example/path'. Now that I try to edit the case/path I get a validation error "Pipeline name cannot be 'Switchcontainer/example/path'. Pipeline name should only contain letters, numbers, dashes (-), underscores (_), or spaces." So when I edit the case it tries to change the name of the "pipeline" for that particular case. Before editing the name of that pipeline is effectively 'Switchcontainerexamplepath' so it seems ADF has stopped stripping unallowed characters from the case before using at the name?

So I have I working pipeline with '/' in the cases but now I cannot change it because it breaks the pipelines. Can anyone help?

KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-09T16:57:01.737+00:00

Hi @Edwin ,

Thanks much for bringing this to our notice. Yes, this seems to a bug. I will escalate this to ADF product team and will get back to you once I have an update from the team.

Sorry for your experience and thank you for your patience!
KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-11T19:29:05.493+00:00

Hi @Edwin ,

We have escalated this to ADF product team awaiting for a response. Will keep you posted as soon as we have a response from the team.

Thank you for your patience.

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KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-09T16:57:01.737+00:00

Hi @Edwin ,

Thanks much for bringing this to our notice. Yes, this seems to a bug. I will escalate this to ADF product team and will get back to you once I have an update from the team.

Sorry for your experience and thank you for your patience!
KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-11T19:29:05.493+00:00

Hi @Edwin ,

We have escalated this to ADF product team awaiting for a response. Will keep you posted as soon as we have a response from the team.

Thank you for your patience.

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KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Hi @VehmaanperaEdwin-1860,

Sorry for the delay. Product team identified this as a UX bug and are working on a fix. I do not have an ETA at the moment but will keep you posted as soon as I have an update from product team about the fix.

In the meantime you can use replace() function in the switch activity expression to remove '/' from expected input. @replace([input value], '/', '')
For case names please avoid special characters to avoid the exception.

Do let us know if you have further query.

Thank you.

Edwin 61 Reputation points

2021-05-14T11:31:07.363+00:00

Hi,

I can add that also letters like 'ä' and 'ö' do not work as a part of cases.
KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-18T06:10:39.103+00:00

Hi @vehmaanperaedwin-1860, Are you using those special characters in the case name?
KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-18T19:04:27.333+00:00

Hi @vehmaanperaedwin-1860, If you are using those special characters in the case name, then you might see the same issue. As mentioned in my previous comments, Product team suggested to avoid special characters in order to avoid the exception. They are also working on throwing a validation error when unsupported characters are used as part of case names.

Hope this info helps. Do let us know if you have further query.
KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-19T18:56:04.287+00:00

Hi @Edwin ,

We still have not heard back from you. Just wanted to check if the above suggestion was helpful? And, if you have any further query do let us know.
Edwin 61 Reputation points

2021-05-20T13:57:56.147+00:00

I have used them in a case. If I understand you correctly the suggestion is not to use special characters in a case but the far easier solution would be for special characters be allowed and then ADF cleaning the case before using it as a "name". Or the name being something else than the case. I believe this was the case before (no pun intended). For example, I would imagine quite a few need to use "/" or paths as a part of their case.

I have mitigated the issue by using replace for special characters but this is not a good long term solution.
KranthiPakala-MSFT 46,642 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2021-05-21T19:04:00.9+00:00

Hi @Edwin ,

Thanks for the update and feedback. I will double check with product team on the long term plan for the special characters support in case name and will update you once I have a response from the team.

Thank you

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