Naming Schemes for Variables

You can use naming schemes for variables when adding them to formulas; however, you must avoid using reserved words as variable names.

Naming Schemes

You can use one of these naming schemes:

Variable names comprise one or more words, joined by underscores. The words must each start with a letter and can be followed by a combination of letters and digits.
Variable names begin and end with double quotes (''). Between the quotes, you can use any printable characters, such as ''This is a quoted variable name''.

Note: Any word consisting of only digits could be mistaken for numbers.

Formulas aren't case sensitive. For example, the variable named EMPLOYEE_NAME is the same as the variable employee_name.

Tip: The maximum length of a variable name is 255 characters.

Ensure that you don't use these reserved words as variable names:

Source of Reserved Words	Reserved Words
Statements	`ALIAS AND ARE AS CHANGE_CONTEXTS DEFAULT DEFAULT_DATA_VALUE DEFAULTED ELSE EXIT FOR IF INPUTS IS LIKE LOOP NEED_CONTEXT NOT OR RETURN THEN USING WAS WHILE`
Array Types	`EMPTY_DATE_NUMBER EMPTY_NUMBER_NUMBER EMPTY_TEXT_NUMBER EMPTY_DATE_TEXT EMPTY_NUMBER_TEXT EMPTY_TEXT_TEXT`
Formula Data Types	`DATE DATE_NUMBER DATE_TEXT NUMBER NUMBER_NUMBER NUMBER_TEXT TEXT TEXT_NUMBER TEXT_TEXT`
Array Methods	`COUNT DELETE EXISTS FIRST LAST NEXT PREVIOUS PRIOR`
Built-in Calls	`CONTEXT_IS_SET EXECUTE GET_CONTEXT GET_OUTPUT IS_EXECUTABLE SET_INPUT WSA_DELETE WSA_EXISTS WSA_GET WSA_SET`