# Global Lists: Maximum number of columns

**URL:** <https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/global-lists-maximum-number-of-columns/521>\
**Category:** Global Lists\
**Created:** [July 26, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/global-lists-maximum-number-of-columns/521 "2013-07-26T02:41:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![wfg-admin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discuss.workflowgen.com/wfg-admin/32/714_2.png) [@wfg-admin](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/u/wfg-admin)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.workflowgen.com/t/global-lists-maximum-number-of-columns/521/1 "2013-07-26T02:41:21Z")

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Global Lists can have up to 20 columns. Good user interface performance depends on the number of cells (items × columns), and is optimized for at least 5000 cells (for example, 1000 items with 5 columns or 250 items with 20 columns).