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 three ways to rename the object: (1) manually, and (2) automatically, (3)manually via CSV file export and import.

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 Automatically.

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

To manually rename an object via CSV file export and import

1. Select the object row.
2. Right-click to view the context menu.
3. Click Export Names to CSV File to download the CSV file of the selected objects’ name.
4. Open the CSV file and only edit the new names in the New Legal Names column.



5. Save and close the edited CSV file
6. Return to the FortiConverter client, click Import Edited Names from CSV file and select the edited CSV file to change the names.