How to ensure Product Line Descriptions meet character limits while promoting Quotes/Order to Sage 300

By | September 26, 2024

A key challenge when integrating Salesforce with Sage is managing Product Line Descriptions meet character limits. Salesforce allows descriptions up to 255 characters, while Sage restricts them to 60 characters, causing truncation and potentially losing important information when promoting quotes or orders in Sage. To prevent this, a validation rule in Salesforce is needed to ensure that product line descriptions do not exceed Sage’s 60-character limit.

Product Line Descriptions meet character limits

Here’s how you can do it:

  • Navigate to the Salesforce Setup.
  • Select the object (Order Product/Quote Line Item) that contains your product line description.
“Line Description” field in Oder Product Object
Product Line Descriptions meet character limits
“Line Item Description” field in Quote Line Item Object
  • Scroll down to the Validation Rules section and then click on the “New” button.
  • Provide a descriptive name for your validation rule, such as Order_Line_Description_Length and Quote_Line_Description_Length.
  • In the formula editor, enter the following formula to check the length of the product line description: LEN(Description) > 60.
  • This formula checks if the length of `Product_Line_Description__c` is greater than 60 characters and ensure that Product Line Descriptions meet character limits set in Sage. You can set the length based on details set in Sage.
  • Enter a user-friendly error message, such as “Product Line Description cannot exceed 60 characters.
  • Choose where the error message should be displayed (e.g., at the top of the page or next to the field).
  • Click on “Save” to activate your validation rule.
Validation Rule for Order Product object
Validation Rule for Order Product object
  • Follow the similar steps mentioned above to create a validation rule for the Quote Line Item object and make sure that Product Line Descriptions meet character limits.
Validation Rule for Quote Line Item
Validation Rule for Quote Line Item

Implementing this validation rule ensures that all product line descriptions comply with Sage 300’s character limit, preventing issues during the promotion process and safeguarding data integrity.

By following the above blog instructions, you will be able to learn How to ensure Product Line Descriptions meet character limits while promoting Quotes/Order to Sage 300. If you still have queries or any related problems, don’t hesitate to contact us at salesforce@greytrix.com.

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