Table of Notes® and Domino® known limits
The following table summarizes the known maximum limits of various Notes® and Domino® features.
| Item |
Maximum limit |
|---|---|
| Database size |
The maximum OS file size limit: with ODS 53 up to 256GB. Otherwise, 64GB. |
|
Attachment size |
The maximum allowed attachment size is 4GB minus 1 byte. |
| Text field size |
64KB storage and 64KB column view display. Requires you to increase the document summary data
limit. Otherwise, 32KB storage/column view display. For more information, see Increase the document summary data limit to 16MB in
the Domino documentation. Note: ODS 55, introduced in Domino 12,
increases size limits for individual summary and non-summary fields. For more information,
see Enhancements introduced in ODS 55 in Domino 12 in
the Domino documentation. |
| Rich text field size |
Limited only by available disk space up to 1GB |
| Response levels in a hierarchical view; number of documents per level |
31 levels; 300,000 documents |
| Characters in names |
Database Title: 96 bytes Filenames: On Windows™ and UNIX™ platforms minimum of 255 and/or OS limits; on local Macintosh workstation 31 Field names: 32 characters (32 bytes in SBCS, 64 bytes in DBCS) View names: 63 bytes per level, 127 total including one separator Form names: 63 bytes per level, 127 total including one separator Agent names: 63 bytes per level, 127 total including one separator
|
| Fields in a database |
Up to 64,000. Requires ODS 53, Notes and Domino 11, and the database property "Allow more fields in database" enabled. Otherwise, with "Allow more fields in database" enabled, up to about 22,000 fields. Without the property enabled, about 3000 fields with a limit of about 64K total length for all field names. |
| Columns in a table |
64 |
| Rows in a table |
255 |
| Views in a database |
No limit; however, as the number of views increases, the length of time to display other views also increases |
| Forms in a database |
Limited only by database size. |
| Columns in a view |
289 ten-character columns; dependent upon # or characters per column |
| Documents imported into a view |
Documents totaling at least 350K |
| Cascading views in a database |
200 |
| Margin size (in inches) |
46 |
| Page cropping size (in inches) |
46 |
| Point size to select or print |
250 |
| Documents in a view |
Up to the maximum size of the database |
| Formula language code can be placed in a view |
64KB
|
| Documents that can be exported to tabular text |
Limited only by available disk space |
| Entries in an Access Control List (ACL) |
65,535 entries with ODS 55 and NSF_ENABLE_LARGE_ACL=1. Otherwise, ~950 entries. ACL size is limited to 32767 bytes |
| Roles in an Access Control List |
75 Roles |
| ID password length |
63 characters |
| Authorized users on a multiple password ID |
8 users |
| Outline entries in an outline |
~21,000 entries |
| Length limit for a macro language string literal |
2048 bytes Note: Strings in formula language
are represented internally in the LMBCS character set, which uses
one byte for an ASCII character, but may require up to 4 bytes for
some non-ASCII characters.
|
| Notes® API objects when using Java™ |
~104,800
|