Limitations of plugin

Limiting features of a plugin

The following are the limitations of a Windows/Linux plugin:
  1. The value for attributes should be either text (string) or numeric.
  2. The plugin version must be increased by 1 whenever a new attribute is added, modified, or deleted. It should be an integer with a value less than 10000.
  3. Attribute names are limited to 25 characters.
Additionally, the following limits apply:

 Limit
 Value
 Maximum number of generic metrics (numeric or string)
 200
 Maximum number of tables
 10
 Maximum number of columns per table
 15
 Maximum number of rows per table
 25
 Maximum string columns per table
 5
 Numeric columns per table
 Up to 15 (if no string columns are used)
 Maximum length for the name column
 520 characters
 Maximum length for other string columns
 100 characters each

Notes
  1. A maximum of 5 string columns is allowed per table.
  2. If your table contains only numeric data, all 15 columns can be numeric.

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