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Support for Double-Byte Characters in Property Names

  • July 4, 2025
  • 3 replies
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Hello,


We have confirmed that there is a restriction in the data model View (Container) definition that prevents the use of Japanese (double-byte) characters in property names.

This limitation also applies to the Records/Streams API. Currently, our database column names and CSV file headers include Japanese characters, which means we are unable to use the existing names directly when registering these datasets as Records.

As a result, we are now required to define a mapping between the Japanese column names and alphanumeric property names, and to establish, standardize, and manage a naming convention. However, this process is labor-intensive and may lead to confusion and operational burden in data utilization.

Therefore, we would like to kindly ask if you could consider supporting the use of Japanese (double-byte) characters in property names within the data model View definitions and the Records API.

3 replies

Mithila Jayalath
Seasoned Practitioner
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Maeda-san, Thank you for reporting this. I’ll convert this request into a product idea on Cognite Hub.


Mithila Jayalath
Seasoned Practitioner
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Please find the link to the product idea here.


  • Practitioner
  • July 11, 2025

Hi ​@Shinichi Maeda,

We are actively looking into the requirements to implement/support this. I will update this post as soon as we are able to provide an estimate for it.

 

Regards,

Uzair