idea Allow special characters in ArcGIS Server paths (directories and config-store) in ArcGIS Enterprise Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/allow-special-characters-in-arcgis-server-paths/idi-p/965498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The documentation for ArcGIS 10.2.2 states: "<SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Shared network directories that are hidden or use special characters (for example,&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="usertext" style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; color: #4d4d4d;">$</SPAN><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">) are not supported by ArcGIS Server</SPAN>"<BR /><BR />It is not uncommon among our customers that they use a $-character (dollar character, dollar sign) in file-server paths, where the config-store or server directories are stored. Example: \\fileserver\gis$\arcgisserver\config-store.<BR /><BR />I suggest that ArcGIS Server supports the $-sign or even all characters that are not reserved characters as described here:&nbsp;<A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#naming_conventions.">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#naming_conventions.</A><BR /><BR /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:35:37 GMT MarcelFrehner 2014-04-11T09:35:37Z Allow special characters in ArcGIS Server paths (directories and config-store) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/allow-special-characters-in-arcgis-server-paths/idi-p/965498 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The documentation for ArcGIS 10.2.2 states: "<SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Shared network directories that are hidden or use special characters (for example,&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN class="usertext" style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px; color: #4d4d4d;">$</SPAN><SPAN style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">) are not supported by ArcGIS Server</SPAN>"<BR /><BR />It is not uncommon among our customers that they use a $-character (dollar character, dollar sign) in file-server paths, where the config-store or server directories are stored. Example: \\fileserver\gis$\arcgisserver\config-store.<BR /><BR />I suggest that ArcGIS Server supports the $-sign or even all characters that are not reserved characters as described here:&nbsp;<A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#naming_conventions.">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#naming_conventions.</A><BR /><BR /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:35:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/allow-special-characters-in-arcgis-server-paths/idi-p/965498 MarcelFrehner 2014-04-11T09:35:37Z Re: Allow special characters in ArcGIS Server paths (directories and config-store) https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/allow-special-characters-in-arcgis-server-paths/idc-p/965499#M1345 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A class="link-titled" href="http://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/administer/windows/expanding-from-one-gis-server-to-multiple-gis-servers.htm" title="http://enterprise.arcgis.com/en/server/latest/administer/windows/expanding-from-one-gis-server-to-multiple-gis-servers.htm">Expanding from one ArcGIS Server machine to multiple machines—ArcGIS Server Administration (Windows) | ArcGIS Enterprise</A>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:53:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-ideas/allow-special-characters-in-arcgis-server-paths/idc-p/965499#M1345 JérômeSautier 2019-03-07T10:53:48Z