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A demand is a noble's request that your dwarves build a specific item of furniture in one of their rooms. Most nobles can make demands, and the number they make varies based on how important they are; see here for more details. How often they can make demands can be adjusted in the difficulty settings.
When a noble makes a demand, you will have about half a year to fulfill it. Demands are always for furniture, and always specify the item (like a window), the material (like green glass), and the room it is wanted in (like the dining room). The example demand will thus read "green glass window in dining room". All three parts must be fulfilled, the correct item from the wrong material or the correct item in the wrong room won't count. Demanded doors and windows can be placed in the walls bordering the room so long as the room's zone extends to cover them.
A noble, who has a preference for a furniture (which is eligible as a demand), will usually demand that piece of furniture. Furthermore the demanded material is usually also a preferred material of the noble. Also a noble can demand the same piece of furniture with the same materials to be build in the same room multiple times, in that case only one such furniture (of the required material) needs to be installed in the room and not multiple - ie. if the mayor makes two demands for a platinum chest in the bedroom only one platinum chest needs to be build in the bedroom.
Demands are announced at the left side of the screen (as all announcements), but if you miss the message, you can see if a noble is demanding anything on the noble's screen. If the noble's Demand icon (a chest with an exclamation mark, or [D!] in ASCII mode) is gray, they are making no demands. If green, their current demands have been fulfilled or surpassed. If yellow, the noble has stated their demand and has given you time to complete it. If orange it is high time, to fulfill the request. If red, the demand is expected to have been completed already.
Fulfilling the demand gives the noble a happy thought. If a demand goes without being fulfilled, the noble will be "angered at the state of demands" and receive an unhappy thought, but no dwarves will be punished. After about 3 years, an announcement will be made that the noble has simply "forgotten" the demand (allthough the dwarf still can have a memory about the unfulfilled demand).
Demands should not be confused with mandates.