3411242 - Unable to Enter Invoice Description More Than 40 Characters in the Supplier Invoice Document

You want to enter Invoice Description more than 40 characters; however, it is limited to 40 and system shows an error message if you enter more than 40 characters. 

Error - Enter a value with no more than 40 characters

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1. Go to Supplier Invoicing work center
2. Go to Common Tasks and select New Invoice without Purchase Order
3. Navigate to Invoice Description field
4. Enter more than 40 characters
5. You will get an error

Invoice description field is limited to 40 characters only and cannot be extended to 120 characters or more. 

As a work around, you can enter the Invoice Description in the Notes section. You can post the idea in influence forum - https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/campaign/886 to extend the characters to more than 40. 

Enter a value with no more than 40 characters; Invoice Description field; , KBA , SRD-SRM-SI , Supplier Invoicing , Problem