Application Conventions

== This is a collection of conventions, rules and limitations employed in dataZoa

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=== Account Attributes

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• USER NAME:
  • Must start with a letter, contain only letters, numbers, and underscores (“_”), and have at least 6 characters.
  • Not case-sensitive.
• PASSWORD:
  • Any combination of between 6 and 25 characters.
  • Case sensitive

=== Series Attributes

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• SERIES KEY:
  • Used to identify a particular data series as stored in dataZoa.
  • Globally unique.
  • Composed of user name followed by forward slash followed by eight digits (user_name/12345678)
  • Maximum number of series keys per user account is one hundred million (100,000,000)
• SERIES TITLE:
  • Up to 400 characters long,
• MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SERIES PER EXPORT:
  • 200

=== GroupList Attributes

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• MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GROUPLIST NAMES SHOWN:
  • 2500
  • This does not limit the actual number of grouplists, only the number displayed in the User Interface dropdown list.

=== Dates

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• EARLIEST DATE:
  • Because of the calendar discontinuity introduced at the Gregorian transition, the earliest year that can be stored accurately to the day is 1753.
  • Non accurate dates can begin as early as 1/1/1000.
• LATEST DATE:
  • 12/31/9999

=== Miscellaneous

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• WORKBENCH PAGESIZE:
  • The number of series titles listed in the Workbench view can range from 5 - 500, as set in Account Controls Preferences tab.
• DZBOARD CAPTION STRINGS:
  • Maximum 32,000 characters