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Specifying Status Variables Names

When specifying a status variable name in CA Automation Point rules, note the following rules:

• The name cannot contain more than 32 characters.
• Precede a status variable name with an ampersand (&).
• The first character of the variable name (after the ampersand) and all remaining characters must be one of the following:  A-Z  0-9  !  ?  _
• The name should end with one of the following characters or a space: ' " & . ( )
• Use only uppercase alphabetic characters.
• Do not use the name of a CA Automation Point environmental variable.