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Changing The Length of a Field using the 'size' property

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Question

Can the length of a field be changed using the 'size' property?

Answer

Within Maximo 7.5 – the 'size' property is within Application Designer for specific fields. The below example, the Index Name within Database Configuration – Indexes tab will be adjusted:



1) Go To – System Configuration – Platform Configuration – Application Designer – Access the CONFIGUR application. Click on the Indexes tab – within the Indexes pane – click on the Index attribute – click on the Control Properties on the toolbar:



2) Within the Textbox Properties – enter a character length within the Size reference. In this example – 20 is referenced:



3) Save – Sign Out – Close the Browser – Sign Back into Maximo. Go To – System Configuration – Platform Configuration – Database Configuration – Access the WORKORDER object – click on the Indexes tab:

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Modified date:
17 June 2018

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