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Forbidden characters

Certain characters may not be used in the names of DataMiner items. For the naming of views, different restrictions apply than for other DataMiner items.

Names of elements, services, redundancy groups, templates and folders

Names may not start or end with the following characters:

  • . (dot)

  • space

Names may not contain the following characters:

  • / (slash)

  • \ (backslash)

  • : (colon)

  • ; (semicolon)

  • * (asterisk)

  • ? (question mark)

  • " (double quote)

  • < (smaller than)

  • > (greater than)

  • | (pipe)

  • ° (degree)

The following characters may not occur more than once within a name:

  • % (percentage)

Names of views

Names may not start or end with the following characters:

  • . (dot)

  • space

Names may not contain the following character:

  • | (pipe)

The following characters may not occur more than once within a name:

  • % (percentage)
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