Object Naming Criteria for SMML Schema Files and Folders

You can name SMML schema files and folders by following the object-specific naming criteria for maximum length, spaces, unsupported characters, and unique naming rules.

Object Type Unique Naming Rules Maximum Length (characters) Leading / Trailing Blank Spaces Allowed Unsupported Characters

Business Model

None

128

No

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Single quote (')

Catalog

Schema

None

128

Yes

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Connection Pool

None

128

Yes

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Database

None

128

Yes

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Initialization Blocks

None

128

Yes

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Logical Table

None

128

No

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Single quote (')

Logical Column

Logical Level

Logical Table Source

None

128

No

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Single quote (')

Physical Table

Physical Table Alias

Use unique physical table and unique physical table alias names. You can't use the same names when the object shares a parent.

128

Yes

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Presentation Table

Use unique presentation table names. You can't share the same name as the parent subject area.

128

No

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Single quote (')

Presentation Column

Presentation Hierarchy

Presentation Level

None

128

No

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Single quote (')

Subject Area

Use unique subject area names. You can't use the same name for any child tables.

128

No

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)

Single quote (')

Variable

Use unique variable names. You can't use the same name as any other variable associated with any initialization block in the semantic model.

128

Yes

Asterisk (*)

Question mark ( ?)