When naming applications and databases, follow these rules:
Use no more than 8 bytes when naming non-Unicode-mode applications and databases; use no more than 30 characters when naming Unicode-mode applications and databases.
Do not use the following special characters anywhere in the name:
* asterisk | + plus |
\ back slash | ? question mark |
[] brackets | “ quotation marks |
: colon | ; semicolon |
, comma | ' apostrophe |
= equals | / forward slash |
> greater than | tabs |
< less than | | vertical bar |
. period |
For aggregate storage databases only, do not use any of the following words as application or database names:
| DEFAULT |
| LOG |
| METADATA |
| TEMP |
Enter the name in the case in which you want the word displayed. The application or database name is created exactly as you enter it. If you enter the name as all capital letters (for instance, NEWAPP), Essbase does not automatically convert it to upper- and lowercase (for instance, Newapp).