41 character limit for field label in salesforce

Increase field label character limits | IdeaExchange - Salesforce When adding a custom field, it would be really convenient to increase the field label space. I believe the limit now is only about 40 characters. This inhibits us from posting longer questions and having their answersn on record. For example, I wanted to add the question "How will the end-user be purchasing the product?" Custom Field label length - Salesforce Developer Community Custom Field Label length cannot exceed 40 chars. Even if you try using Custom Labels, you cannot exceed 80 chars for the label. Its better you log a case and check with Salesforce support whether the length of label can be increased to the desire number you want. August 2, 2010 · Like 0 · Dislike 0 Assh Thank you very much for your response.

Limit the number of characters allowed on a standard field Description As and example, the Account Name field on the Account Object is 255 characters and you would like to reduce it to 80 characters. Resolution We cannot change the Character Limit for Standard fields however there is a workaround to restrict the limit through Validation rule. Workaround for above Example in Salesforce Classic:

Character limit for field label in salesforce

EOF Is there a way around the 40 char limit for labels in salesforce Is there a way we can get around the 40 char limit for labels? I want to display a set of fields in a VF page, i am using a fieldset to dynamically determine the fields to display in the VF page. Some of the fields are questionnaires questions which cross over the 40 char limit. Increase character limit for Field labels and Field names - Salesforce It would be nice if Salesforce increased the character limit on creating field names and labels. Currently there is a 40 character limit. An increase in character limit will allow salesforce customers to add additional characters when creating field labels on objects. Comments Log in to post srinath reddy (Customer) April 12, 2017 at 3:27 PM

Character limit for field label in salesforce. Salesforce Unlimited: Workaround to increase field label character limits Salesforce has 40 character limit for Custom Field Labels. It's Ok in most cases but not always. There was a particular project which required quite long names for the fields to be used on VisualForce page layout. The VisualForce page (to store the Coach/Trainee training session Report) had a lot of sections/fields. Using Custom Label in Custom Formula Fields - Salesforce Stack Exchange The formula that I have pasted is just a tiny lookalike of the actual formula that is live. We are trying to add more "values" and it is hitting the 5000 characters limit. That's why we are trying to replace the string literals of status picklist values with custom labels. - Increase character limit for Field labels and Field names - Salesforce It would be nice if Salesforce increased the character limit on creating field names and labels. Currently there is a 40 character limit. An increase in character limit will allow salesforce customers to add additional characters when creating field labels on objects. Comments Log in to post srinath reddy (Customer) April 12, 2017 at 3:27 PM Is there a way around the 40 char limit for labels in salesforce Is there a way we can get around the 40 char limit for labels? I want to display a set of fields in a VF page, i am using a fieldset to dynamically determine the fields to display in the VF page. Some of the fields are questionnaires questions which cross over the 40 char limit.

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