The sections below outline basic limitations to take into consideration when working with the ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise Sharing API. This is a dynamic list that may be updated as new functionality is introduced.
Search limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum Search results per request or page  | Maximum of 100 results returned.  | 
Maximum Search results per query  | Only the first 10,000 results can be paginated; more than 10,000 results cannot be returned through pagination. The actual number of total returned results may be more than 10,000.  | 
Maximum size of query string  | 10KB  | 
File upload limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum file upload size for Generate  | 2MB for shapefiles and 10MB for other supported file types.  | 
Maximum file upload size for Analyze  | 2MB for shapefiles and 10MB for other supported file types.  | 
Add Item in a single upload  | Maximum file size 5GB.  | 
Add Item in multipart uploads  | Maximum file size 500GB; maximum number of parts 10,000.  | 
Add Item via chunked transfer upload  | Maximum file size 50MB  | 
Item info limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum file size allowed for Item Info files  | 100KB  | 
Maximum number of Item Info files per request  | 20  | 
Maximum thumbnail size  | 10MB  | 
Token generation limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum token expiration time  | Two weeks  | 
Users and groups limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum number of groups a User can belong to (both owning and joined as a group member)  | 512  | 
Maximum number of usernames allowed for   | 200  | 
Maximum number of external organizations allowed per group  | 250  | 
Adding and updating items limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum number of images per item  | 10  | 
Maximum size of item description  | 64KB  | 
Maximum number of characters for item title  | 256  | 
Maximum number of characters for item snippet  | 2048  | 
Maximum number of type keywords on an item  | 128  | 
Maximum number of characters for each type keyword  | 256  | 
Maximum number of tags on an item  | 128  | 
Maximum number of characters for each tag  | 256  | 
Maximum size of any other text field item properties  | 64KB  | 
Maximum number of type keywords on a group  | 128  | 
Maximum number of characters for each type keyword  | 256  | 
Folder limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Maximum number of characters for folder title  | 250  | 
Collaborations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | 
|---|---|
Number of partnered collaborations allowed in an organization  | 20  | 
Scheduled Task limitations
| Limitation type | Maximum limit | User significance | 
|---|---|---|
  | 50  | The maximum number of total active scheduled notebook tasks for an organization. See here for ArcGIS Enterprise limits.  | 
  | 10  | The maximum number of total active scheduled notebook tasks that can be owned by an individual user. See here for ArcGIS Enterprise limits.  | 
  | 100  | The maximum total number of active scheduled recurring workflow manager jobs for an organization.  | 
  | 30  | The maximum number of active scheduled recurring workflow manager jobs that can be created by an individual user.  | 
  | 5  | The number of times a task can fail consecutively before it is switched to a failed state or disabled.  | 
  | 100  | The maximum total number of active scheduled geoprocessing service tasks for an organization.  | 
  | 20  | The maximum number of active scheduled geoprocessing service tasks that can be owned by an individual user.  | 
  | 50  | The maximum number of active Run Data Pipelines tasks for an organization.  | 
  | 10  | The maximum number of active Run Data Pipelines tasks that can be owned by an individual user.  | 
  | 30  | The total number of runs that are reported and maintained for a scheduled task.  | 
  | 50  | The maximum number of active scheduled Insight reports for an organization.  | 
  | 5  | The maximum total number of active scheduled Insight reports that can be created by an individual user.  |