Max Characters and Non Allowable Characters in Thing Planner text fields

[kmd]

Hello,

I've reviewed the documentation and so far have been unable to find the following information:

Maximum number of allowable characters in a text field - is it 40?

Are any special characters allowed (i.e. > < " etc.)?

Thanks

[NicolasArgente · Accepted solution]

Hi @kmd 
I am not sure what you mean by text field, so I will assume it is the data entry in the Thing Register. As you know, those fields are define under Control List.
There are main kinds of control list : the NCodes and the Codes.
Ncodes is a decimal number with a precision of 28 digits, including 9 digits after the decimal point.
Codes - which is I think what you are refering to - is a text field character with 200 characters long.
Regarding the special characters, I am not aware of any in this solution. That being, I would strongly suggest that you stick to the "forbiden" characters for names of IDs in OS

   /  |  !  @  %  #  ,  ;  ^  *  +  -  =  \  ?  <  >  “  [  ]  {  }  &

Please give a kudo if it helps! Thanks

[kmd]

Thanks very much Nicolas.  I was simply referring to any field that allowed a text string.  I believe the Code field setting is a column width setting of 200 but I could be wrong.  
Appreciate you including the forbidden characters here - I imagine any max # of characters limitation in Thing Planner would follow other OS naming conventions and limitations.  Thanks again 

[NicolasArgente]

You are welcome @kmd 
I would simply give it a try with 200 characters and 201 characters. The second one should show an error.
Have a good day!

[gmalone]

Through testing we've found that the character limit for Codes is actually 185 characters (Code10 tested)