Number string lengths

[HappyPathAB]

Various entities have identities referred to as "numbers" in the documentation, although they're actually strings.

Is there a limitation on the (significant) length of these strings, and if so what?

In other words, is there a point at which the API will refuse to accept a request because a string is too long, or is there a point at which only the first X characters of two "number" strings will be used to compare them?

I'm not after a theoretical maximum here but a practical one. If it's less than 256, say, that's important to know.

[r-brown]

That's correct - all entities in the NetLicensing can be refrred using a functional unique number.
These numbers can be defined:

• as random number generated by NetLicensing (default)
  • current format is defined as follows: <PREFIX><8-CHAR>; e.g. P12345678
• set by vendor on entity create or update methods
  • Some practical examples here:
    • Customer Number from the CRM system
    • Product number from the ERP
    • SKU number from the eCommerce system

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The max length for all numbers is set 1000ch.

[r-brown]

Did you know!

• the nature of all entities numbers is functional, therefore these numbers can be also made available/shared with the end-customers; e.g. LicenseeNumber (customer number)
• we do not include following charactes in the numbers generated by NetLicensing: 0O1Ll8B ; these characters are proven to be missinterpreted while typing - will save uncessary back-and-forth on the customer support side ;-)