Do not use some characters in the names of repository elements
Do not use the following characters in the GUIDs or
version numbers for assets
When assigning GUIDs (unique
identifiers) or version numbers to assets with the API, do not use
the following characters:
- + (plus)
- # (pound)
- % (percentage)
- \ (backslash) Only as the last character
of a string. You can use the \ character but
it cannot be the last character in a string
Take care when use the following characters for repository
elements
When creating repository elements with either the
web client, Eclipse client, or the API, be careful when using the
following characters, which are special characters for the search
engine:
- + (plus)
- - (hyphen)
- & (ampersand)
- | (pipe)
- ! (exclamation point)
- ( (left parentheses)
- ) (right parentheses)
- { (left brace)
- } (right brace)
- [ (left bracket)
- ] (right bracket)
- ^ (caret)
- " (vertical quotation marks)
- ~ (tilde)
- * (asterisk)
- ? (question mark)
- : (colon)
- \ (backslash)
- / (forward slash)
- > (greater than)
- < (less than)
To avoid having to escape the above characters when using
the search engine, do not use the above characters in the
names of
the following elements:
- Assets
- Asset types
- Artifacts
- Categories
- Attributes
- Relationships
If you use the above characters, to search for those characters
in a search query you will have to escape them (precede the character
with a backslash (\).