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Document naming conventions

When working with documents, you must follow certain naming conventions. The conventions you follow depend upon whether the document is stored in the database or an operating system file.

Database Objects

The naming conventions for Reports Builder documents stored in the database are similar to the SQL naming standards. Specifically, document names:

Files

When naming objects that are stored in operating system files, you must follow the naming conventions for database objects plus the file naming conventions of your operating system.  Objects saved to the operating system can be saved as either a binary file or an ASCII file, depending on the object.

See also

Supported files

Data model object naming conventions

Layout object naming conventions

Parameter Form object naming conventions