Naming Standards & Validation Rules

A Dashboard is a visual interface used to display reports, metrics, and analytics for monitoring and decision-making.

Validation Rules

Property
Value

Blank Allowed

No

Max Length

255 characters

Allowed Characters

Alphabets (A–Z, a–z), Numbers (0–9), Spaces, Underscore (_)

Disallowed Characters

Any character not matching the allowed regex, including: `! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = { } [ ] : ; < > ? / \

Start Character Restriction

No explicit restriction. Name must contain only allowed characters.

Regex / Notes

^[A-Za-z0-9 _]+$

Valid Examples

  • Sales Dashboard

  • Customer_Insights

  • Data Quality 2024

  • Revenue_Report

  • Sales_Report_2024

  • 2024 Dashboard

  • _InternalDashboard

Invalid Examples

  • Sales@Dashboard → Contains special character

  • Revenue#2024 → Contains restricted symbol

  • Data-Quality → Contains hyphen (-)

  • Dashboard.Name → Contains dot (.)

  • Report/Data → Contains slash (/)

  • Revenue!Dashboard → Contains invalid character

System Behavior on Validation Failure

  • Prevents saving the Dashboard.

  • Displays a validation error message.

  • Requires correction before saving.

Best Practices

  • Use clear and descriptive Dashboard names.

  • Use underscores (_) instead of special characters.

  • Keep names concise and within 255 characters.

  • Maintain consistent naming conventions across Dashboards.

  • Avoid unnecessary symbols and punctuation.


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