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Tracy August 25, 2020

Hi Is there a character limit in the description field?

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Ste Wright
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August 25, 2020

Hi @Tracy 

Yes - the limit is 16,384 characters :)

Ste

Tracy August 25, 2020

Thank you.  Can this be upgraded through the packages 

Ste Wright
Community Champion
August 25, 2020

Hi @Tracy 

Not that I know of - I tested this on a Business Class board.

16,384 characters is quite a lot from a reading perspective - when generating text to test this, it was ~2500 words on average.

I would consider at larger sizes whether the information could be split out into multiple cards or multiple custom fields (using the "custom fields" power-up) to make it easier to digest :) - or stored in a Knowledge Management tool, like Confluence.

Ste

Tracy August 25, 2020

Thank you appreciate the information.

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February 16, 2021

Hi @Ste Wright , I was doing some testing with this and I am able to sync the Description field via ServiceRocket from a field in my Salesforce org that has >32,000 characters. All the characters synced from SF -> Jira without any issues. Do you know how to find the true character limit?

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