Add a character limit on a variable from a record producer

[cloprea]

Hello,

I would need to set a 350 words character limit on a variable from a record producer while filling in the form in the portal. 

I found multiple solutions suggesting client scripts. Is there a way to fulfil this without scripting?

Thanks in advance!

[Adrian Ubeda]

Hello @cloprea , 
Inside type specifications you can use validation regex for this use case. You can create your own regex and then use it where needed. Service Catalog > Catalog Variables > Variable Validation Regex

Check this support link:
https://www.servicenow.com/community/developer-articles/regexes-for-catalog-items-variable-validatio...

[Brad Bowman]

350 words is not a character limit.  You can limit a variable to 350 (or whatever number) characters by using a Variable attribute: max_length=350

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@cloprea 

if it's single line text variable then approach from @Brad Bowman  will work

Set the maximum character length for variables of single-line text or wide single line-text in Servi... 

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[M Iftikhar]

Hi @cloprea,

You can use the variable attribute "max_length" to limit the number of characters, for example "max_length=200".

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