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1928319 - Error Message : Your Entry Is Too Long. Do Not Enter More Than 20 Characters, While Maintaining Academic Title

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

  1. Go to Business Configuration work center.
  2. Select Implementation Project view.
  3. Highlight an Implementation Projects or a Change Project.
  4. Select Open Activity List button.
  5. Go to Fine Tune tab.
  6. Open the activity General Business Partners.
  7. Select Maintain Academic Titles link.
  8. Select Add Row button.
  9. 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

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Product

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