Learn about the character limitations and other conventions enforced by IBM® Process Designer.
When developing business process definitions (BPDs) in IBM Process Designer, the following character limitations and other conventions are enforced:
| Object | Conventions |
|---|---|
| BPDs | Maximum length of 54 alpha-numeric characters
(ASCII 23 - 255) and the following special characters are allowed: ,
. _ - ; : ! Note: The following special characters are not allowed: "
' ` \ / ^
|
| Activities | Maximum 580 characters in length (anything over ASCII 32 is allowed) |
| Variable names | Should start with a lowercase letter, with subsequent words capitalized like so: myVar . Variable names cannot start with numbers or dashes and cannot include spaces. (Should follow the ECMA-262 standard; keywords are allowed.) |
| Tracked names (autotracked or in tracking groups) | Same conventions as variable names, with a limitation of 30 characters in length. (Cannot be SQL-92 keywords.) |