What fields are required to be unique within COBie2?
The first column of each worksheet, called ‘Name,’ is the unique name for all the rows in that worksheet. Names must avoid unusual punctuation. Using Names, as opposed to row numbers, ensures users’ cut-and-pastes across worksheets provide consistent information. For example each worksheet can be prepared from reports produced by disparate applications and then merged into the COBie2 worksheet. Also character names have been preferred as a miss-typed character is more likely to make a key invalid, whereas a mistyped number is more likely to be a valid but wrong key.
