This article describes the maximum number of characters you can enter into text fields in your digital workplace and situations where truncation may occur. For cases where you enter the text using the WYSIWYG editor, any HTML from styles or elements counts against these limits.
Field |
Max Characters |
Community Name |
100 |
Online Status |
150 |
Group Name |
100 |
Invitation Personal Message |
1,800 |
Label Group Title |
50 |
Label |
50 |
Control Panel
Field |
Max Characters |
Email |
100 |
Password |
30 (min 6) |
Profile Field Name |
20 |
What's on you mind? |
256 |
First Name |
70 |
Last Name |
70 |
About |
2,000 |
My Blog |
150 |
My Website |
150 |
IM Accounts |
150 |
Other Profiles |
150 |
Employer |
150 |
Occupation |
250 |
Department |
250 |
Work Phone |
50 |
Extension |
50 |
Mobile |
50 |
Fax |
50 |
Employer Website |
150 |
Street Address |
150 |
Street Address 2 |
150 |
City |
150 |
Province/State/Region |
150 |
Postal/Zip Code |
150 |
Country |
150 |
Extended Information |
50 |
Profiles
Field |
Max Characters |
Title |
238 (the field will accept 250, but broadcasts will fail if 238 characters are exceeded) |
Summary |
2,048 |
Body |
2,147,483,647 |
Read Tracking |
250 |
Comment / Reply |
9,965 |
Microblog Hash Name |
400 |
Task Descriptions |
4,000 |
Calendar Event Location |
250 |
Note |
2,048 |
Channels and content types
Field |
Max Characters |
Title |
140 |
Title Links |
2,083 |
Class |
140 |
Links Widget URLs |
2,083 |
HTML Widget Contents |
2,147,483,647 |
Poll Question |
250 |
Poll Answers |
250 |
Widgets
Field |
Max Characters |
Broadcast message |
9,500 |
Broadcasts
Field |
Max Characters |
Search Query |
100 (min 1) |
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