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title: "Storing large amounts of information in properties"
slug: "storing-large-amounts-of-information-in-properties"
updated: 2024-08-19T12:27:51Z
published: 2024-08-19T12:27:51Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/storing-large-amounts-of-information-in-properties"
---

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# Storing large amounts of information in properties

You can store approximately 500,000 characters in a property providing the [property type](/v1/docs/how-do-i-create-a-property-type) to which it belongs:

- Has a `constraintStyle` of `Property`.
- Uses the built-in `unindexedText` data type.

As the name suggests, LUSID does not index `unindexedText` properties, so you cannot perform [filter operations](/v1/docs/filtering-information-retrieved-from-lusid) on them.

For example, to create a property type representing a fund prospectus for portfolio entities:

```json
curl -X POST "https://<your-domain>.lusid.com/api/api/propertydefinitions"
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-API-access-token>"
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"
  -d '{
    "domain": "Portfolio",
    "scope": "Ibor",
    "code": "FundProspectus",
    "displayName": "Fund Prospectus",
    "dataTypeId": {"scope": "system", "code": "unindexedText"},
    "lifeTime": "TimeVariant",
    "constraintStyle": "Property",
    "propertyDescription": "The prospectus issued by the fund for the current period"
  }'
```

To attach a property of this type with a large string value to a particular transaction portfolio when you create it:

```json
curl -X POST "https://<your-domain>.lusid.com/api/api/transactionportfolios/examplescope"
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-API-access-token>"
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json"
  -d '{
    "displayName": "Portfolio UK",
    "code": "PortfolioUK",
    "baseCurrency": "GBP",
    "properties": {
      "Portfolio/Ibor/FundProspectus": {
        "key": "Portfolio/Ibor/FundProspectus",
        "value": {
          "labelValue": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum..."
        },
        "effectiveFrom": "2023-01-01T12:00:00.0000000+00:00"
      }
    }
  }'
```

Note that `unindexedText` properties must always be created as [label values](/v1/docs/how-do-i-add-a-property-to-an-entity#using-the-lusid-rest-api).