The getDistinctValues Method in the Javascript API returns the Unicode representation "\u0026" for character '&' (i.e: "AMPERSAND").

The getDistinctValues Method in the Javascript API returns the Unicode representation "\u0026" for character '&' (i.e: "AMPERSAND").

1) The getDistinctValues Method is used to get a list of the unique values present in the data column.

2) Consider one of the values in the Data Column is 'Dues & Subscriptions'.

3) When getDistinctValues method is executed in order to fetch the list of the unique values in the column then the method should ideally return 'Dues & Subscriptions' as one of the distinct values but the method returns 'Dues \u0026 Subscriptions'. 

4) Please refer the below image:




Note: a) \u0026 is the unicode representation of AMPERSAND. 
          b) The above behavior occurs, while implementing Javascript API version 7.5 and 7.12 The above behavior has been fixed in the latest Javascript API version - 7.14. 

Please refer the below image:



Note:  The JavaScript API version 7.14  is used for Spotfire Server version 7.14 and 10.0.  https://community.tibco.com/wiki/tibco-spotfire-javascript-api-overview
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12702249/json-converts-in-a-string-to-u0026