Name conventions

This section describes the name convention used for different items in the TotalAgility and Transformation designers.

Transformation Designer

  • The names of classes, folders, training folders, fields, formatters, locators, locator subfields, Document Review scripted rules and validation rule can only contain the following characters:

    • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    • 0123456789_

      Note Numbers cannot be used as the first character in a name.
    • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

    • áàâóòôúùûéèêíìî

    • äöüÄÖÜß

    • ÁÀÂÓÒÔÚÙÛÉÈÊÍÌÎ

  • You cannot use the following characters in the names of any items such as classes, folders, or training folders:

    • \ / : * ? < > |

    • space

TotalAgility Designer

This section describes the name conventions for the items in TotalAgility Designer.

Name of a form

You cannot use the following characters for a form name.

\\ ? / : * " < > |
% # & ( ) + $ £
^ - { } [ ] @ ~ _
, ! ¬ `

ID of a folder and document type field

A folder field must conform to the following conventions.

  • Cannot be empty.

  • Should be unique.

  • Cannot start with a number.

  • Max length is 30.

  • The ID cannot contain the following special characters.

\\ ? / : * " < > | %
# & ( ) + $ £ ^ -
{ } [ ] @ ~ . , ! '

Display name of a folder and document type field

A display name must conform to the following conventions.

  • Cannot be empty.

  • Allows duplicate names.

  • Can start with a number.

  • Maximum length is 50 characters.

  • The display name can contain the following special characters.

    \\ ? / : * " < > | %
    # & ( ) + $ £ ^ -
    { } [ ] @ ~ . , ! '

ID of a process or server variable

A process or server variable must conform to the following conventions.

  • Cannot be empty.

  • A process variable ID cannot be the same as a system variable ID.

  • The maximum length is 30.

  • The ID cannot contain the following special characters.

    \\ ? / : * " < > | %
    # & ( ) + $ £ ^ -
    { } [ ] @ ~ . , ! '

Display name of a process or server variable

A process or server variable must conform to the following conventions.

  • Cannot be empty.

  • A process variable display name cannot be the same as a system variable display name.

  • Maximum length is 50 characters.

  • The display name can contain the following special characters.

    \\ ? / : * " < > | %
    # & ( ) + $ £ ^ -
    { } [ ] @ ~ . , ! '

Display name of a form variable

A form variable must conform to the following conventions.

  • Cannot be empty.

  • Allows alphabets, numbers and underscore.

  • There is no limit on maximum length.

    Note A form variable does not have an ID.