Naming Restrictions for Databases and Applications

The following Essbase naming conventions apply to database and application names:

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 spaces.

Do not use the characters listed in Table 85.

Table 85. List of Restricted Characters in Application and Database Names

Character	Description
*	asterisk
[]	brackets
:	colon
;	semicolon
,	comma
=	equal sign
>	greater-than sign
<	less-than sign
.	period
+	plus sign
?	question mark
"	double quotation mark
‘	single quotation mark
/	forward slash
\	backslash
\|	vertical bars
	tabs

For database names, do not use the:
- String drxxxxxx (not case-sensitive)
- Reserved word Replay
For aggregate storage databases, do not use the following words as application or database names:
```
DEFAULT
LOG
METADATA
REPLAY
TEMP
```

Application and database names are case-sensitive. 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).