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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

Specifying attribute names

Attribute name conventions

In BMC Discovery the naming convention for attributes is to use only the lowercase letters a to z with underscores (_) to separate words. Attribute names must not start or end with a space. Attribute names in searches can only be specified using the same characters. If you use other characters, for example a hyphen (-), your search will cause an error.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

BMC Helix Discovery 25.2 (On-Premises)