List of supported non-alphanumeric characters for file and directory names in Cloudera Data Explorer (Hue)

Auto-generated files may often introduce non-alphanumeric characters in the filenames which are not supported by Data Explorer. This might cause the files or directories to not appear on the Data Explorer File Browser. Review the list of non-alphanumeric characters supported in Data Explorer to avoid running into this issue.

Table 1. Non-alphanumeric characters supported in Data Explorer
Special character symbol Description
~ Tilde
@ Ampersat
# Hash
$ Dollar sign
& Ampersand
( Left paranthesis
) Right paranthesis
* Asterisk
! Exclamation mark
+ Plus
= Equal
: Colon

Not supported with Knox.

; Semicolon
, Comma
. Period
? Question mark

Not supported with Knox.

/ Forward slash

Not supported with Knox.

\ Backslash
' Apostrophe or single quote