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 -- (up to 64GB) |
Text field size |
32KB (storage); 32KB displayed in a view's column |
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 View names: 64 Form names: 32 Agent names: 32 |
Fields in a database |
~ 3000 (limited to ~ 64K total length for all field names). You can enable the database property "Allow more fields in database" to get up to 22,893 uniquely-named fields in the database. |
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 |
Maximum of 130MB for a view index |
Documents that can be exported to tabular text |
Limited only by available disk space |
Entries in an Access Control List (ACL) |
~950 names (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 |