Rules

Identifiers:

• Must start with a letter

• Can have up to 40 characters, but no spaces

• Are case insensitive (PART, Part, and part are identical)

• Can include any combination of letters, numbers, and these special characters:

  • - Dash

  • _ Underscore

  • $ Dollar sign

  • # Number sign

  • % Percent sign

Since InfoMaker does not allow spaces in identifiers, you can use any of the following techniques to join words in an identifier:

• Initial caps (for example, IncomeJanuary)

• Dashes (for example, northeast-sales)

• Underscores (for example, quantity_on_hand)

Here are some valid identifiers:

first_quarter_summary
EMPLOYEE_LABELS
EmployeeSalarySummary
Employee_by_#

Here are some invalid identifiers:

2nd-quarter    // Does not start with a letter
emp list       // Contains a space
Employee’sInfo // Contains an invalid character