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Naming policy

Kofax RPA imposes the following naming policy in Management Console and Design Studio:

Common rules

  • Names that exceed 243 characters including the file extension are not allowed.

  • Do not use the following punctuation marks: /, \, <, >, :, ", |, ? or *.

  • Empty names are not allowed.

  • Folder names must be unique within their parent folder.

  • The file absolute path has a limitation of 255 characters.

  • If a backup/project created in version older than 11.2.0 contains item names that do not conform to the naming policy rules, these items are renamed automatically when you restore the backup/import the project.

  • A file name cannot be any of the system-reserved names: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2,

    COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7,

    LPT8, LPT9. Also, do not use any of these names immediately followed by an extension.

  • ASCII control characters 0-31 are not allowed in a file or folder name.

Specific rules for types and device mapping names

  • Characters other than letters, digits, and underscores are not allowed for type names. Also, do not use

    such characters for device mapping names in Management Console.

  • Do not start a name with a digit.

  • Name local is a reserved name and cannot be used for device mapping names.

  • Do not use true or false in device mapping names.

Duplicate names

  • Duplicate names within a project are allowed only for Basic Engine Robots (formerly known as Web Automation robots), texts/resources, and folders.

  • Duplicate names in parent folders are not allowed, including robots, snippets, types, resources, and database mapping names.

Use of period "." in file names

  • You cannot use or create files and folders that start or end with a period "."

  • A file name cannot consist of periods only.

Use of space in file names

  • A file or a folder name cannot start or end with a space.

  • Spaces are not allowed for type names and device mapping names.

  • Several spaces in a row are allowed for resource file names and folder names.