Assessment and object library description character limit is too small - increase 8x

[hazelshapiro]

Increase character/word limit on assessment description. This also applies to objects. New Assessment > Description. New Observing System/Data Product/Application/Societal Benefit Area > Description.

Increase 8x

[hazelshapiro]

@Sherwin-14 if you're interested, this might be another one to tackle. I would want to know from @MattF-NSIDC if it will cause issues with storage space, though, and, Matt, what you would recommend for a new character limit. If these are preset fields, like in a Google form, I'd recommend changing it from a "short answer" to a "long answer" field. Does that make sense?

[mfisher87]

@hazelshapiro this doesn't cause me any concerns storage space, let's go with whatever limit feels appropriate to you. Does 4x sound OK? We can choose any length we want.

[hazelshapiro]

Great, in that case, let's do 5x so we can accommodate a few longer answers if needed

[mfisher87]

5x

How about 8x? I like multiples of 2 ;)

@hazelshapiro important to note, now that we're in production we must set up data migrations before our next release. The time cost might be a day, two on the outside. This ticket impacts the data model (see labels). We can only release changes that don't impact the datamodel without needing a migration.

Edit to add: Future migrations won't re-incur the same setup cost.

[Sherwin-14]

Yes I would love to! Will take a look into it.

[mfisher87]

Resolved in #301

Thank you @Sherwin-14 !

[hazelshapiro]

Thank you!

[hazelshapiro]

5x

How about 8x? I like multiples of 2 ;)

@hazelshapiro important to note, now that we're in production we must set up data migrations before our next release. The time cost might be a day, two on the outside. This ticket impacts the data model (see labels). We can only release changes that don't impact the datamodel without needing a migration.

Edit to add: Future migrations won't re-incur the same setup cost.

Does this mean that this change won't be deployed until we have our next dedicated development time? Just want to make sure I understand. What about deploying the gray nodes update? @mfisher87

[mfisher87]

Correct, this change would be impossible to deploy before we figure that problem out. The gray node change is possible to deploy before then, but it does take a nominal amount of time.