Unsupported Characters
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      XML entities are used incorrectly. There is illegal character.

      Notice! This page describes the nature of the error using a hypothetical example and not the erroneous data of the input test file. You should however be able to apply this information to your error case.

      Error description:

      1. XML entities are used incorrectly. e.g. semi-colon could be missing from any of following 
        & = &
        < = &lt;
        > = &gt;
      2. There is illegal character '&' in the field which is interpreted as entity of which there is an example at the previous point.

      Try removing illegal characters or encoding them correctly.

      Read more from XML specification: http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n#ProcessingModel

      Example:

      23.png

      On the line 12 value "Virgay & Co" is shown. The ampersand should be given as entity &amp; which is causing the error.

      Error message given by validator:
      EntityRef: expecting ';'