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Geographic Areas - Data Length Problem with City Name Field (Doc ID 2144808.1)

Last updated on MARCH 21, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Communications MetaSolv Solution - Version 6.2.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

MetaSolv Solution 6.2.1 (all versions)

Actual Behavior

The current size restriction for the Geographic Areas City Name field is too short and the length determined by the font size width. The examples below are not valid city names, but used to illustrate the point.

- 100 "I" characters: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

  

- 50 numeric characters: 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890

  

- 27 "W" characters: WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW


Expected Behavior

Request that the limitation be increased and not limited by font size width.


Recreation Steps

The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Location and Geography Setup

2. Location and Geography Setup

3. Geographic Areas

4. Expand Country - United States

5. Right-click on a State and select New Child

6. Select Type - CITY and observe the Name field limitation as described above.


Business Impact

Due to this issue, some city names are truncated.

 

Changes

 

Cause

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