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Are there forbidden names that can't be given to a legal entity code?

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Dear

I noticed from experience that there are names that can't be given to a legal entity code Id

Names like GL . I named a legal entity GL and when generating the number sequence i found some number sequences didn't get populated

Is this documented somewhere or am i mistaken

Can i name a legal after a country code like usa or uae or ksa or will this cause me problems later

  • Samanth Profile Picture
    Samanth 517 on at
    Are there forbidden names that can't be given to a legal entity code?
    Hi. Do you have any known issues with using & symbol in legal entity code? For example, A&B. 
  • real_ashwin Profile Picture
    real_ashwin 1,217 on at
    RE: Are there forbidden names that can't be given to a legal entity code?

    Never seen GL being an issue you should try deleting and creating again, though normally companies are setup with 3 digit alphanumber characters e.g. GV1. Also stay away from using special characters like & -

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    Vilmos Kintera Profile Picture
    Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at
    RE: Are there forbidden names that can't be given to a legal entity code?

    Legal entity names should not cause any trouble, they are sitting in their own table/field. You should stick to alphanumeric values with 3 letters, no special characters and you should be fine. Following Ludwig's suggestion it could be GL1 then.

    If that is not the case, it could be considered as a bug and you might want to raise a ticket with Microsoft, if the issue you have mentioned above is reproducible in a Standard AX application like a Demo VM.

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    Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
    Ludwig Reinhard Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: Are there forbidden names that can't be given to a legal entity code?

    Hi Silvano,

    Most companies I work with make use of numbers to differentiate between their legal entities.

    Have you considered this option to avoid those naming convention issues that you mentioned?

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

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