In some instances Endpoint payloads require special characters such as a Tab. The following article describes the process to create a String value that contains special characters that often cannot be created using a standard keyboard.

• Building string values
• Okta Workflows

Creating a Tab in the Okta Workflows browser-based UI is not possible because tab usage in a browser causes a field change instead of printing the character to the screen. Additionally, copying and pasting a Tab character into the field converts the Tab to space(s).

To workaround this limitation the URL - Decode Component card can be leveraged.

The URL - Decode Component card allows for a text input including URL encoded ASCII characters. It will then systematically decode the encoded characters into their printed form. In the below example Find Pattern with a regular expression is used to demonstrate a successful detection of the Tab as the 4th character (count starts at 0).