Statement Definition Names and Descriptions

When you set up a statement definition, you enter a statement definition name and description. The system does not allow you to save a record if you enter a single quotation mark (') in the Statement Definition Description field; the character is invalid for the description.

You cannot save a record if you enter an invalid character in the Statement Definition Name field. This list describes the invalid characters for the Statement Definition Name field:

• Tilde (~)

• Single quotation mark (')

• Double quotation marks (")

• Grave accent (')

• Exclamation point (!)

• At (@)

• Number sign (#)

• Dollar sign ($)

• Percent sign (%)

• Circumflex (^)

• Ampersand (&)

• Asterisk (*)

• Left parentheses(()

• Right parentheses ())

• Hyphen (-)

• Plus sign (+)

• Equal sign (=)

• Left bracket ([)

• Right bracket (])

• Left brace ({)

• Right brace (})

• Vertical bar (|)

• Slash (/)

• Backslash (\)

• Semicolon (;)

• Colon (:)

• Greater than symbol (>)

• Less than symbol (<)

• Comma (,)

• Question mark (?)

Note: You can use the period punctuation mark (.) and underscores (_) in the name and description fields. Spaces between characters are allowed for descriptions but not for names.

If you enter a statement definition name or description with a non-supported special character or space, the Revise Statement Definitions form issues an error message. You must modify the characters before you can continue.