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Hello - Perhaps this is a silly question - however - When creating an 'Item" in Business Central and creating the “Item Code” - what is the maximum number of character that i can use to create the Item Code? Currently my integration partner has stipulated that we cannot use more than 19 characters and that this is a native BC function from MS so it cannot be changed. Is this correct?

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    AndrewThomas81 Profile Picture
    2,607 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @CP-26051834-0 

     

    The character limit on the Item Code is 20 characters.

     

    If you want to find any limits yourself inspect the page and look at the number next to the field type.  Inspect can be opened by keying Ctrl-At-F1

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Andrew Thomas FCCA MCP

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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    19,161 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hello,

    The standard Business Central Item No. field is Code[20], so the maximum is 20 characters, not 19. Your integration partner may have imposed a 19-character restriction on their side, but that is not the native BC limit. The standard field length itself cannot simply be increased through an extension because it is a base application field; if you need identifiers longer than 20 characters, a common option is to use Item References, where Reference No. supports up to 50 characters.

    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    102,986 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi, hope the following helps as well.

    Dynamics 365 Business Central Blog Series: Inspecting pages (Page inspection)

    https://yzhums.com/69877/

     

     

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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