In this example, I would like to validate the length of the ID number as well as that it only contains numbers. Of course if it must be numbers, just use a number column, but if it’s meant for ID, Reference or other type of numbers then this works great! Change formula to validate the length you need = for example employee number – only 6 digits and only numbers. This is also available in SharePoint on-premises versions.

Formula:  

=IF(LEN([Identity Number])=13,ISNUMBER([Identity Number]+0),FALSE)

or you can use:

=AND(LEN([Identity Number])=13,ISNUMBER([Identity Number]+0))

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