Katalyst: Experiment export fails when experiment name contains emojis or uncommon symbols

Description

• Users create experiments with names/titles including emojis or special symbols (e.g., ✓, ©, emojis).
• Exporting such experiments to downstream systems or files fails, often with encoding or validation errors.
• Other experiments without these characters export successfully.

Solution

• Identify problematic characters:
  • Look at the experiment name and associated metadata fields for emojis, control characters, or non‑standard symbols.
  • Check error messages from the export target (file format, ELN, registration system) for hints about invalid characters.
• Fix the experiment metadata:
  • Rename the experiment using only allowed characters (letters, numbers, standard punctuation/underscore).
  • Remove or replace problematic symbols in other fields that are exported.
• Update naming guidelines:
  • Document allowed character sets for experiment names and related fields.
  • If possible, configure Katalyst validation to prevent saving names with disallowed characters, especially for fields used in exports.