HTML tags appear in Body Fields for Chatter Reports
Analytics , Chatter , Winter 16
Last updated 2018-01-15 ·Reference W-3632693 ·Reported By 69 users
Summary
A feed item posted as RichText shows up in a chatter report, having HTML tag.
Repro
--1. Log in to your org
--2. Create a report type
--2.1. Create | Report Types and click on "Continue" button
--2.2. Click on "New Custom Report Type"
--2.3. Select "Users" as Primary Object
--2.4. Fill Report Type Label, Report Type Name, Description, and Store in Category with any value
--2.5. Check on "Deployed" and click on "Next" button
--2.6. Click on "(Click to relate another object)" link
--2.7. Select "User Feed" as Object and click on "Save" button
--3. Create a report
--3.1. Click on Report tab and click on "New Report" button
--3.2. Search the created Report Type and click on "Create"
--3.3. Drag "Body" field from the left fields panel and drop it on Preview panel
--3.4. Save the report
--4. Post a feed with new line as follows
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a
b
c
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--5. Run the report and you can see the following result
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<p>a</p><p>b</p><p>c</p>
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Workaround
To disable "Allow users to compose rich text posts" as follows.
Customize | Chatter | Chatter Settings
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