The following characters are reserved and should not be used when editing descriptions or name fields in IED Enterprise:
| Character | Meaning |
| > | Greater than |
| < | Less than |
| ' | Apostrophe (single quote) |
| " | Quotation mark (double quote) |
| & | Ampersand |
| % | Percent |
Use of these characters will cause logging and reporting errors or omissions. There is no intention at this time to modify the software to disallow entry of these characters.