## TL;DR

The value is longer than the field allows. Look up the field's max length with describe, then either trim the value to fit (at a sensible boundary, not mid-word) or widen the field if the data legitimately needs the room. Fix it in the pipeline so every future row is safe, not just this one.

## Error

```text
[ {
  "message" : "data value too large: [ABC Corp International Holdings Limited Partnership ...] (max length=80)",
  "errorCode" : "STRING_TOO_LONG",
  "fields" : [ "Name" ]
} ]
```

## Steps

1. Read the max length from the message and confirm it with a describe call on the field. Expected: you know the exact limit, for example 80 on Account Name.
2. Decide: is the long value correct data or junk? Enrichment vendors love appending suffixes that push names over the limit. Expected: a data-quality call, not just a technical one.
3. If the value is legitimate, widen the field in Setup (custom fields can grow; standard Name fields usually cannot). Expected: the schema fits reality.
4. If the field cannot grow, truncate in the pipeline at a word boundary and log the truncation. Expected: deterministic short values, no mid-word cuts.
5. Add a length check to the agent's pre-write validation so the next long value is caught before the API call. Expected: zero STRING_TOO_LONG in steady state.

## When to use

- Writes fail with STRING_TOO_LONG naming a field.
- An enrichment agent fills fields with vendor data longer than Salesforce allows.
- CSV imports fail on a few long rows.

## When not to use

- INVALID_OR_NULL_FOR_RESTRICTED_PICKLIST (wrong value, not long value).
- Textarea fields with rich text (length counts markup too; different handling).

## Tool compatibility

- Salesforce REST, SOAP, and Bulk APIs; describe calls for field metadata.
- Any ETL or agent that writes free-text fields.

## Variant phrasings

### data value too large (max length=N)

The long form; N is the hard limit.

### STRING_TOO_LONG on Description or custom text

Same fix; textareas have larger but still finite limits.

## Why it happens

Salesforce enforces field lengths at the database level. Source systems and enrichment vendors rarely respect those limits, so long values arrive constantly.

## Edge cases

- Multi-byte characters: the limit is in characters, but some integrations count bytes; test with unicode data.
- Formula fields that concatenate can exceed limits downstream even when each input fits.
- Truncating an external id breaks future upserts; never truncate key fields, fix the key instead.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_4U3B--0-hASMak8LfmyAEg

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