Naming Restrictions for Applications and Databases

When naming applications and databases, follow these rules:

Application and database names are not case-sensitive. However, on case-sensitive file systems, the application or database name is created exactly as you enter it. Therefore, when creating, renaming, or copying applications and databases on case-sensitive file systems, Essbase ensures that the same application or database name but with different case usage cannot be used. For example, if you create an application name with all uppercase letters (NEWAPP), you cannot then create an application with the same name but with mixed-case letters (Newapp). Also, when manually copying application and database files from one computer to another and then creating an application or database, you must use the same case for the application and database directory names on both computers.