MinimumCharacter
The attribute data-ej-minimumcharacter specifies the minimum number of characters you can enter in the text box to display the suggestion list. By default the value is set to “1”.
<input id="autocomplete_sample" data-role="ejmautocomplete" data-ej-mincharacter=2 data-ej-datasource="window.datasrc" data-ej-filtertype="contains" data-ej-fields-text="name" />