File Naming Conventions

Please only use the following characters in your file names. Other non-supported characters will be replaced, leading to processing issues in some cases.

Character Type

Examples

Uppercase letters

A-Z

Lowercase letters

a-z

Numbers

0-9

Dash

Underscore

_

Period

.

The following is a list of illegal characters in our file naming conventions. Files that contain these will not process properly.

Pound (#), percent (%), ampersand (&), curly brackets ({}), slashes (\ /), angle brackets (<>), brackets ([]), asterisk (*), question mark (?), currency signs ($ € ), exclamation point (!), single or double quotes, at symbol (@), plus sign (+), equal sign (=), pipe (|), comma, colon, and, semicolon.

Please also note that blank spaces are not allowed in file names, and are some of the more common issues encountered when uploading datasets to the AirWorks app.