Supported characters in process names
A process flow does not render in IPD Web when a process name contains a space or specific
special characters. However, it opens successfully in the old Process Designer. This table
shows the characters that are supported and not supported in process names in both the old and
new Process Designer:
Character name | Symbol | Renders in old Process Designer | Renders in new Process Designer |
---|---|---|---|
Ampersand | & | No | No |
Apostrophe or single quotation mark | ' | Yes | No |
At symbol | @ | Yes | Yes |
Caret | ^ | Yes | No |
Curly brackets | { } | Yes | No |
Dollar sign | $ | Yes | Yes |
Equal | = | No | No |
Exclamation mark | ! | Yes | Yes |
Hash | # | Yes | No |
Hyphen or minus sign | - | Yes | Yes |
Parentheses | ( ) | No | No |
Percent | % | No | No |
Plus | + | Yes | No |
Space | Yes | No | |
Square brackets | [ ] | Yes | Yes |
Tilde | ~ | Yes | Yes |
Underscore | _ | Yes | Yes |