Summary

When there is a special character in project name (For example #) JIRA fails to generate reports.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Scrum software development project with the name Test C#.
2. Try to create a "Created vs. Resolved Issues Report" in the newly created project.

Expected Results

JIRA displays the configuration page for the report.

Actual Results

The below error is thrown in UI:

Notes

The error is due to URL encoding.
JIRA is using the following URL to request the configuration page without encoding the special character in the URL :
http://<JIRA base URL>/secure/ConfigureReport!default.jspa?selectedProjectId=10100&projectOrFilterId=project-10100&projectOrFilterName=Test%20C#&reportKey=com.atlassian.jira.jira-core-reports-plugin:createdvsresolved-report

Workaround

Manually encoding the project name in URL by changing # to %23