ODS Can't Activate by invalid character

Question

Hi all,
I have a problem about ODS can't activate.
I have loaded a full request from SAP R/3 into ODS (SAP BW) is completed but my request can't activate. I have tried check error and I met error display as
Value 'ELAMES   ' (hex. '454C414D45530D0A2020205B ') of characteristic ZREQUSTER contains invalid character
and then I check error value at PSA that its have ##   at this value as "ELAMES    ##"
My solution is
1. I deleted request at ODS.
2. go to PSA and deleted  ##  at error value and then go to RSA1 > PSA > Start update Immediatly to data target
this solution can resolve this problem but its manual solution.
Please help me about better solution for resolve this problem.
Hope its help
Sue.

Answer 1

Do a search!!!
Here is some regex code I use..
data: w_desc_uc1 type string,
      w_rex type string,
      w_count type i.
w_desc_uc1 = TRAN_STRUCTURE-ITM_DESCRIPT_UC.
w_rex = '[\f\n\r\t\v]'.
* In the above declaration
*\f = form feed, \n = newline, \r = carrige return, \t = horizontal tab,
*\v  = vertical tab
replace all occurrences of regex w_rex in w_desc_uc1  with '|'
REPLACEMENT COUNT w_count.
if w_count > 0.
  do w_count times.
    replace '|' with space into w_desc_uc1.
  enddo.
endif.
  RESULT = w_desc_uc1.