Symptom
When you enter create a new Academic Title, system throws below error message:
Your Entry Is Too Long. Do Not Enter More Than 20 Characters
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Business Configuration work center.
- Select Implementation Project view.
- Highlight an Implementation Projects or a Change Project.
- Select Open Activity List button.
- Go to Fine Tune tab.
- Open the activity General Business Partners.
- Select Maintain Academic Titles link.
- Select Add Row button.
- Maintain a Academic Title (for example: Prof.Dr. Dr. h.c.mult).
Cause
It is not possible to extend the limit of the Academic Title description field to more than 20 characters.
The only option would be to add in such a case a part of the academic title to the first name during the creation of the respective Account or Contact.
Resolution
The system works as designed.
Keywords
KBA , SRD-SRM-PRP , Product Portfolio , How To
Product
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