About Valid Names
To be valid, the names for projects, Endpoints, orchestrations, stylesheets, Flat File Schemas, XML Schemas, WSDLs, and transformations must not exceed 42 characters and must not contain any of the reserved characters or words.
Reserved characters or words are listed in the following tables.
The names of activities must not exceed 30 characters and must not contain any of the reserved characters listed in the table provided in Table 3.
| Reserved Characters | Description |
|---|---|
| & | ampersand |
| { } [ ] < > | any brackets |
| * | asterisk |
| \ | backslash |
| ^ | caret |
| : | colon |
| $ | dollar sign |
| / | forward slash |
| # | number sign |
| () | parenthesis |
| | | pipe |
| . | period |
| ? | question mark |
| ; | semicolon |
| space | |
| ~ | tilde |
| Reserved Words for Windows |
|---|
| AUX |
| COM1 |
| COM2 |
| COM3 |
| COM4 |
| CON |
| LPT1 |
| LPT2 |
| LPT3 |
| PRN |
| NUL |
| Reserved Characters | Description |
|---|---|
| & | ampersand |
| {} [ ] < > | any brackets |
| * | asterisk |
| \ | backslash |
| : | colon |
| $ | dollar sign |
| / | forward slash |
| | | pipe |
| . | period |
| ? | question mark |
| ; | semicolon |
| ~ | tilde |