# Large form's answers stopped appearing in the byline, the catalogue and property search - but they a

**What you are seeing**

A large form's answers stopped appearing in the byline, the catalogue and property search - but they are still visible on the page.

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## Why it happens

The page's forms exceeded the 28,000-character index cap. Multi-value answers were truncated to their first 5 entries, then whole forms were dropped, and in the worst case the page was recorded as carrying no forms at all.

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## What to do

Split the form across multiple pages, or shorten long free-text answers and multi-select lists. The answers themselves are safe - only the searchable index of them was trimmed.

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                      | **Value**         | **What happens**                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Indexed property size cap      | 28,000 characters | The per-page index of answers is capped. Over the cap, multi-value answers are first truncated to their first 5 entries; then whole forms are dropped from the index; and if it still will not fit, the |
| Background re-indexing timeout | 25 seconds        | This is the practical limit on re-indexing a very large page.                                                                                                                                           |

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