Identifiers

Identifiers are names that uniquely identify metadata objects. The naming conventions follow standard Oracle naming rules. All identifiers are case-insensitive.

Syntax

owner.{ cube | dimension | table }.{ measure | column } 
Naming Conventions for Identifiers
Convention Quoted ID Unquoted ID
Initial Character

Any character. Alphabetic character from the database character set.
Other Characters





All characters, punctuation marks, and spaces are permitted.

 

Double quotation marks and nulls (\0) are not permitted.

Alphanumeric characters from the database character set and underscore (_) are permitted.

 

The dollar sign ($) and pound sign (#) are permitted but not recommended.

 

Double quotation marks and nulls (\0) are not permitted.

Reserved Words Permitted but not recommended. Not permitted.

Example

SH.SALES_CUBE.QUANTITY_SOLD identifies a measure named Quantity Sold in the Sales cube in the SH schema.