When naming dimensions, members, and aliases in the database outline, follow these rules:
Use no more than 80 bytes when naming non-Unicode-mode dimensions, members, or aliases.
Use no more than 80 characters when naming Unicode-mode dimensions, members, or aliases.
Names are not case-sensitive unless case-sensitivity is enabled.
See “Setting Outline Properties” in the Oracle Essbase Administration Services Online Help.
Even when case-sensitivity is enabled, in an aggregate storage outline for which duplicate member names is enabled, do not use matching names with only case differences for a dimension name. For example, do not name two dimensions “Product” and “product.”
Do not use quotation marks (" "), brackets ([ ]), or tabs in dimension, member, or alias names.
At the beginning of dimension or member names, do not use the characters listed in Table 255:
Do not place spaces at the beginning or end of names. Essbase ignores such spaces.
Do not use these words as dimension, member, or alias names:
Names of other dimensions and members (unless the member is shared), and generation names, level names, and aliases in the database
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