FIELD_FILTER_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION" salesforce error

TL;DR

A lookup filter on the field rejects the value. Check the field's lookup filter criteria and pick a value that passes it.

Error

FIELD_FILTER_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION

Steps

1. Open the field's lookup filter definition Expected: you see the criteria.
2. Check your value against the filter Expected: you find the mismatch.
3. Pick a lookup value that satisfies the filter Expected: it passes.
4. Re-run the operation Expected: it succeeds.

When to use

• FIELDFILTERVALIDATION_EXCEPTION
• A lookup filter rejects the value

When not to use

• No lookup filter exists (then check validation rules)
• The filter is wrong (then fix the filter, not the data)

Tool compatibility

• Salesforce lookup filters
• Data loads with lookups

Variant phrasings

field filter validation exception

The lookup filter rejects your value. Check its criteria.

FIELDFILTERVALIDATION_EXCEPTION

Same: the value fails the field's lookup filter.

Why it happens

Lookup filters are invisible in the API; agents see a valid ID and cannot understand why it is rejected.

Edge cases

• Filters can depend on the source record's field values
• Optional vs required filter behavior differs

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_CoPiKgrAKeXWQb6k0LYHrg

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_CoPiKgrAKeXWQb6k0LYHrg

Thread query: "FIELDFILTERVALIDATION_EXCEPTION" salesforce error

TL;DR: A lookup filter on the field rejects the value. Check the field's lookup filter criteria and pick a value that passes it.