NamingHelper.GetValidFieldName Method

Gets field name which is valid to be used for Azure Search index.

Namespace: CMS.Search.Azure
Assembly: CMS.Search.Azure (in CMS.Search.Azure.dll) Version: 13.0.131

Syntax

public static string GetValidFieldName(
	string fieldName
)

Parameters

fieldName

Type: System.String
Field name to be renamed so it fulfills Azure Search naming conventions.

Return Value

Type: String

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when fieldName is null.

Remarks

Azure Search has naming rules (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/searchservice/naming-rules) which field names must follow. Remarkably

• Allowed characters are letters, numbers and dashes ('_').
• First character must be a letter.

Since system fields start with a dash (e.g. ID), the default implementation prefixes dash starting name of column by string "sys".