https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/new-to-appian/30417/limit-character-shown-in-a-gridHi All, I was wondering if there is a way to limit the number of characters shown per column in a grid. For example, I have a grid that has one column that shows a field called description and its data max character limit is 2000, but in the grid visuallyen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/120849?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:59:44 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:34d9b563-b9c5-41de-a1f9-63b8f60f7a62Maria<p>thank you for responding, but with this the only way to view the whole &quot;paragraph&quot; would be by opening the record itself right? the cursor part is not available in appian right?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/120847?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 24 Oct 2023 17:58:19 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:5cb5b508-8dd7-45c8-987c-47dcf14e946fStefan Helzle<p>You can use the left() function to limit text to a certain number of characters. Then append some dots.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>