NPM 12 - Create Custom Text Property bigger than 400 chars

FormerMember

Hello,

I have a need to create a custom text property in NPM 12 bigger than 400 characters.  In my test system, after creating a custom text property -- let's call it "cp1" -- I used SQL to alter its size.  Of course, the SQL ALTER was not possible unless I dropped the index created for 'cp1'.  But, after all of that, I did have a custom text property bigger than 400 chars that allowed me to display what i wanted in the Solarwinds Console/portal.

However, next problem I had was when I did an "Edit Node" on the device I created "cp1".  The "Edit Node" page enforces a maximum size of 400 chars on custom text properties. 

Here are my questions:

1. Is there a supported/best-practice method to create a custom text property over 400 chars?

2. If answer to #1 is "no", is there a better way to get around the 400 char. max than my method above?

3. Is there a way to tell the "Edit Node" page -not- to enforce the 400 char. max?

Thanks in advance,

-Matt Wisner

shocko

This is a UI option on the custom property now namely:

Use maximum possible length

I'd assume the underlying DB schema controls this maximum length based on the column type in the table that holds custom properties.