Naming Conventions and the Enforce Strict Naming Feature

The DSP® is delivered with a BOA pre-defined naming convention for Stored Procedures and Horizontal, Vertical, Validation and Control Views, to name a few. The defined naming conventions can be set at the platform level on the Vertical View of the Parameters page on the Naming Conventions tab. These values are the default values for WebApps, but can be updated at the WebApp level on the Vertical View of the WebApps page. Naming conventions entered at the WebApp level override those set at the platform level.

NOTE: Views in the underlying database must be named with the associated table name from the page registration.

Naming Conventions simplify list box options in DSP® by limiting the objects associated with any given page.

At the WebApp level, if the Enforce Strict Naming checkbox is enabled on the Naming Options tab on the Vertical View of the WebApps page, the DSP® filters applicable list boxes based on the naming conventions. For example, a WebApp has a page using the nwEmployee table. With Enforce Strict Naming enabled, all views registered to this page must contain the word Employee within the name of the view and with the proper naming convention prefix and suffix. For a Horizontal View, web is the prefix and Hor is the suffix. For a Vertical page, web is the prefix and Ver is the suffix.
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webEmployeeHor Employee
webEmployeeHor EmployeeHor
webEmployeeVer webWorkerVer
webEmployeeTypeHor webTypeHor

The default Table Prefix Size is 2 for the WebApp and indicates the first two characters (prefix) are for registration purposes and are not included as part of the table name for consideration with Enforce Strict Naming. For example, the tables in Northwind are prefixed with nw, xt or zt. The nw is ignored when filtering any views based for a page where the nwEmployee table is registered.

If, when selecting a view from a list box, the needed view is not available, check the Naming Conventions tab for the active WebApp and compare it to the table and view names for that page.