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## Name your data store

When you start the Admin CLI , the `kv->` prompt appears. Once you see this, you can name your data store by using the `configure -name` command. The only information this command needs is the name of the data store that you want to configure.

Note that the name of your data store is essentially used to form a path to records kept in the data store. For this reason, you should avoid using characters in the data store name that might interfere with its use within a file path. The command line interface does not allow an invalid data store name. Valid characters are alphanumeric, '-', '_', and '.'.

For example:

    kv-> configure -name mystore

Output:

    Store configured: mystore

Note:

The data store name must be unique across all instances of NoSQL Database.