Character restrictions in the Designer require that you
rename users by using the User Administration tool.
About this task
In the Designer, when you try to modify user information
for a user who has a conflicting name, you get the following error
message because of the angle bracket characters (< >) in the
name:
ERROR! The string value ("DupUser<SITE1>") is invalid: Names cannot
contain one of these characters:! "#$'()*+,./:;<=>?@[\]^‘{|}~
You must rename the user. You cannot modify any
user information, except the Name field, until
the user has a unique name that does not include the angle bracket
characters (< >).
You cannot rename or delete a user
group.
To rename a user:
- Click .
- In the User Administration window, double-click the user that
you want to modify.
- In the User Properties window, modify the name of the user.
- Click OK.
- Upgrade the associated user database by clicking .
- In the Upgrade window, select the user databases that you want
to upgrade.
- Click OK, then click OK again.
- The administrator at other sites must upgrade the database after
receiving the synchronization packet that contains the changes.