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Character limitations (special characters) in Dropdown Fields

  • June 6, 2023
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Hello everyone,

 

I explored this subject a while ago but cant find the reference to my initial results. Can someone point me out to a thread or document that describes character limitations in dropdown fields ? I am mainly interested in special characters ",/\() and alike in use for dropdown value names and labels etc that a) might affect creation and performance of fields b) affect calculated fields build upon values.

 

Thanks,

Lukasz

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Best answer by Madalyn_Destafney

Hi there, there is a section in this article - https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/administration-and-setup/customize/custom-forms/form-designer/design-a-form/design-a-form.html?lang=en#add-radio-buttons-checkboxes-and-dropdowns - that gives more detail around dropdown/radio buttons/checkboxes. In my experience, you can have /\() in dropdown options and I've used hyphens and slashes plenty and haven't seen any impact on performance, you just MAY run into some reporting issues down the line, but I haven't experienced this much. Depends on the report. 

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Madalyn_Destafney
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June 20, 2023

Hi there, there is a section in this article - https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/administration-and-setup/customize/custom-forms/form-designer/design-a-form/design-a-form.html?lang=en#add-radio-buttons-checkboxes-and-dropdowns - that gives more detail around dropdown/radio buttons/checkboxes. In my experience, you can have /\() in dropdown options and I've used hyphens and slashes plenty and haven't seen any impact on performance, you just MAY run into some reporting issues down the line, but I haven't experienced this much. Depends on the report. 

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