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Hi:

We have migrated an end user from Dynamics GP to Business Central.

When clicking on any vendor in the "Vendors" list screen whose ID contains an ampersand, the issue shown below occurs.

So, I created a new vendor ID with an ampersand. Upon clicking on that ID, I received the same error.

Does Business Central not like Vendor IDs containing an ampersand? Is there a fix?

Thanks!

John

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Ramesh Kumar 7,547 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi John,

It's generally not a good idea—and I personally wouldn't recommend—using special characters in the Name or No. fields. This can cause issues such as exceptions or incorrect results when searching or applying filters.

https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=1ede4f65-3af0-e911-b862-0003ff68ac6b&utm

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Jainam M. Kothari 15,803 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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hello,

Business Central has known issues with handling special characters like ampersands in Vendor IDs, which can interfere with URL encoding and other processes. To address this, you can replace special characters with alternatives, ensure proper URL encoding, or write custom code to handle these characters. If these solutions don't work, contacting Microsoft support for further assistance is recommended.

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You shouldn't put any special characters under the Code field (such as Vendor No, Item No, Customer No field).

It will cause issue on filtering.

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Khushbu Rajvi. 22,130 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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special characters like ampersands (&) in primary keys or IDs (e.g., Vendor IDs) can cause unexpected behavior. The best fix is to avoid using special characters in primary keys.

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YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Generally, symbols related to filtering cannot be used in field values.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-entering-criteria-in-filters?wt.mc_id=DX-MVP-5004336

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You should not be using any special characters in the Vendor No. field, especially when that is the primary key value for the table, if you want to have those create a new text field and populate that.

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