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Naming conventions
This topic lists the requirements for naming various workflow-related
items.
Workflows
Workflow names must:
- Contain 249 characters or less.
- Not start with ~~ (two tildes).
TIP Workflow
names that begin or end with spaces may be difficult to find when performing
a search.
Attachments, data fields, indexes, operations, queues, rosters, rulesets,
and workflow groups
Ensure that all names:
- Begin with an alphabetic character.
- Contain only letters, digits, and underscores; no spaces or special
characters.
- Not use F_ as the first two characters.
- Contain 31 characters or less.
In addition, you cannot use any of the following reserved words for a
name:
adddays
addhours
addminutes
addmonths
addseconds
addyears
alt_field_defined
and
bitand
bitnot
bitor
blue
boolean
color
convert
currency
date
datetostring
days_between
document
envfield
err_encode
false
field_defined
float
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folder
green
hex
if
in_set
int
is_date
is_null
is_number
is_time
is_valid
len
integer
lower
ltrim
max
min
mod
not
null
number
numbertostring
or
random
red
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repeat
rtrim
seconds_between
selection
sizeof
stringtodate
stringtotime
string
strins
strloc
substitute
substr
systemdate
systemenvfield
systemtime
time
timetostring
translate
trim
true
unsigned
upper
userenvfield
userid
weekday
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Workflow definitions
The names of workflow definitions must conform to the following rules:
- Begin with an alphabetic character. May contain letters, digits, underscores,
or spaces.
- Maximum length 249 characters.
- Not use F_ or two tilde (~~) characters as the first two characters.
- Be unique among workflow definitions in an isolated
region.
Servers, database instances, databases, and tablespaces
On Windows-based systems, the following characters are not allowed:
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! |
< |
> |
- |
" |
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