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Character limits of default value in DevOps Multiple Lines field
Haowei715 hi, I actually managed to do this via rules (the same section as Work Item editing). I added a rule as: When work item is created, set a value for the field ... . HERE input takes up to 4000 characters 🙂 hope it helps
The default String fields take a max of 255 characters. You could use Text field type instead of the default String field, which supports entry of a text string that can contain more than 255 Unicode characters.
You can check the document FIELD (Definition) element reference for some more details
Robina Thanks! But I didn't find the PlainText Text field. Could you please help me with more details?
Haowei715 hi, I actually managed to do this via rules (the same section as Work Item editing). I added a rule as: When work item is created, set a value for the field ... . HERE input takes up to 4000 characters 🙂 hope it helps
Is this the string to be placed in the rule? "HERE input takes up to 4000 characters"?
Hello OlgaPatapava​ , Haowei715​ , I am setting up migration to ADO from jira and I am running into the same problem. How/where do I setup the rule to allow 4000 characters? Please advise for new work items and existing work items. Much appreciate any help you are able to offer.
OlgaPatapava This has the limitation when we create a copy of workitem Azure Devops considers it as new workitem and add the default values rather tan copying the existing workitem field values
