Cloud accounts · Adding an account
What nickname should I give a cloud account?
Short answer: Use a short, distinct name such as personal-drive, work-drive or client-s3. Letters, numbers, spaces and _ - . + @ are allowed; it can't start with a dash. The nickname is how the account appears in transfers and schedules.
Use something short that tells you which account it is, like personal-drive, work-drive or client-s3. The nickname is how the account appears in Data Transfers, Data Parking and your schedules, so a different nickname for each account keeps them easy to tell apart.
The rules
- Letters, numbers, spaces and
_ - . + @are allowed. - Apostrophes, slashes and other symbols aren't.
- It can't start with a dash.
- It can't be empty.
If a nickname breaks a rule, an orange note under the field says what to change, and the sign-in button stays disabled until it's fixed. You can't rename an account later — to change a nickname, remove the account and add it again (see renaming).