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What is the rule for Data Entity Public Entity and Public Collection Name

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Hi guys,

As the subject, any advice, 'coz I just create new Data Entity, and it has error like this

"The Public Collection Name property must be a valid OData identifier, when the Is Public property is set to 'Yes'"

At first, I thought it's because I'm using space, but I changed it in properties, replace the space to dash '-'.

Still the error persisted.

Thanks,

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    nmaenpaa Profile Picture
    nmaenpaa 101,166 Moderator on at

    Most likely you aren't allowed to use any special characters. If you use all the standard entities as your example, you will notice that they only consist of normal characters.

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    Gunjan Bhattachayya Profile Picture
    Gunjan Bhattachayya 35,423 on at

    The public collection name must be in plural form.

    For an example, "Customers".

    Please check - docs.microsoft.com/.../data-management-integration-data-entity

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    Community Member on at

    Hi Nikolaos,

    Yes, true, Initially I thought since they refer to OData, at least 'dash' is allow. URL path able to do so.

    Ok, Issue solved.

    Thanks.

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    Blue Wang Profile Picture
    Blue Wang Microsoft Employee on at

    HI WWwong,

    In fact, you can only use numbers, letters, and underscores, but it can only start with a letter.

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    Joris dG Profile Picture
    Joris dG 17,780 on at

    I would add here to PLEASE prefix these public names. If you use names likes "Customers" or whatever you may have a conflict with future standard OData entities in the product.

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