SAP Message 01142 - The profile name is invalid

Diagnosis
The chosen profile name can be rejected for two different reasons:
1. One of the following naming conventions was not followed:

  • The second character of the profile name is an underscore, or is not an
  • underscore:
    Internal SAP System:
    The second character is not an underscore. However, this is mandatory.Exceptions to this rule are the special profiles SAP_ALL, SAP_APP, andSAP_NEW and the subprofiles of SAP_NEW.
    Customer System:
    The second character is an underscore. This is only permitted in SAPprofiles.
    • You want to create a profile in the partner namespace, but have not
    • followed the naming template J_NX, where N = 1 to 9 and X = A to Z forthe first four characters of the name.
      2. The profile name contains impermissible special characters. Thefollowing characters are allowed:
      ABCDEFGHIJKLNMOPQRSTUVWXYZ_0123456789<(>&<)>()+,-.:;<(><<)>>=?

      System Response
      The profile is not created.

      Procedure
      Correct the profile name and repeat the process.