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title: "Configure the limit for User Options results"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SCAFS/477598714/Configure%20the%20limit%20for%20User%20Options%20results"
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> Macro (aura-html)

## Understand the limitations of User Options

The User Options macro is useful for retrieving users with specific permissions from various user directories. However, when the **type** parameter of the parent List Data is set to **check** or **select**, processing many users with their permissions may cause performance issues for Confluence.

If there are many user results, selecting an option from a long list of radio buttons, checkboxes, or dropdown menus can be tedious. In that use case, setting the **type** parameter of the parent List Data to **Auto Complete **is more appropriate.

This limit targets accidental misuse of the powerful User Options macro at an upstream stage when very large user directories are being queried.

> ✅ This limit is different from the [List Data items limit](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/9ZN3H). The List Data items limit activates downstream just before rendering and targets all List Data sub-macros.

## Configure the User Options limit

> ℹ️ When upgrading to Scaffolding 8.24.0, this query limit is enabled by default, and the default limit value is 250.

1. Select **Administration **( :jira-cog: ) >** Manage apps**.
2. Go to *SCAFFOLDING CONFIGURATION* in the sidebar and click **Settings**.
3. In the *User Options query limit settings*** **section, click **Edit**.
4. Use the **Enabled** toggle to enable or disable the *User Options limit *setting.
5. In the **User Options query limit** field, update the value to set a new limit.
6. Click **Save.**

> ℹ️ From version 8.24.0 onwards, the processing stops when this limit is exceeded and an error message is displayed.