Rename an object

FortiOS sets different maximum characters length for object names. Object names that exceed the character limit are known as overlengthed, and must be renamed before they can be uploaded to a FortiGate device. The tuning summary table displays overlengthed objects numbers in red.

There are two ways see which objects are marked as overlengthed. You can:

1. Click the red number from Overlengthed column, or
2. Go to the table of the object, and click the button Name Overlength.

Overlengthed object names are identified with a red background color.

Once you located the overlengthed objects, there are two ways to rename the object: (1) manually, and (2) automatically.

To manually rename an object

1. Double-click the object row.
2. In the prompt window, shorten the object name.
3. Click OK.

To automatically rename an object

1. Select the object row.
2. Right-click to view the context menu.
3. Click Trim Object Name.

FortiConverter automatically deletes the last few characters from the tail-end of the object name so it falls under the character limit.