Characters Supported for Installation and Configuration
The following characters are supported during installation and configuration with EPM System Installer and EPM System Configurator.
Table 1-1 Characters Supported for Installation and Configuration
| Fields | Supported Characters | Blocked Characters |
|---|---|---|
| PATH | Alphanumeric, dash (-), underscores (_), periods ( . ), and tildes (~). Tildes are supported only on Microsoft Windows. | All others |
| Host name |
Alphanumeric, dash (-), and dot(.). Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System supports IPv6 addresses. However, during installation and configuration, you must enter the host name, not the IPv6 address. |
All others |
| User name | Alphanumeric characters including non-English (extended and double-byte) characters, except for the blocked characters |
. + * / # [ ] { } ( ) ; : , @ ! " - |
| Clusters, database names, and other general fields such as DSN names | Alphanumeric characters including non-English (extended and double-byte) characters, except for the blocked characters |
+ . - * \ / # [ ] { } ( ) ; : , @ ! " |
| MIDDLEWARE_HOME, EPM_ORACLE_HOME and EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE |
For MIDDLEWARE_HOME: Alphanumeric characters, "_", "-" and "~" on Windows. For EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE: Alphanumeric characters, "_", "-" The first character in every folder in the EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE path must be a-z, A-Z, or 0-9. |
Do not use any of the following symbols or symbol combinations in the directory that you specify for EPM_ORACLE_HOME or MIDDLEWARE_HOME during installation or EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE during configuration: |