More specific Validation Rule error messages

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Rebecca Ralls

• May 20, 2020 19:00
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It would be SUPER helpful if you could update your Validation Rule errors to be more specific. 

In an Orders & Inventory Org, "You must enter a value" is the error message on 29 (?!) different fields across 16 objects and receiving that mesage when running an automation or data loader update is ... very frustrating. 

It would be fantastic if they could be updated to include the object and the specific field.

Examples: "Product: You must enter an Inventory Type", "Product: You must enter a Revenue GL Accout", "PO Line: A product is required."

This goes for all error messages actually - there are several error messages like: "You must enter a ledger" - that are not validation rules but part of the AS code that also could use this treatment.

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  • April 05, 2023 13:05

  Hello Rebecca, 

  We addressed the rest of the validation rules in our Summer '23 Preview 1 release. https://support.accountingseed.com/hc/en-us/articles/14798008838547-Summer-23-Preview-1-Release-Notes#VRules

  Thank you again for your feedback.

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  Nathan Houghton

  • November 27, 2020 17:00

  I agree this would be very helpful. I am experiencing this error on 11,000 product record updates for Accounting Orders & Inventory fields. 

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  Althea Lim

  • August 16, 2021 20:15

  Plus 1 on this. 

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  Rebecca Ralls

  • July 30, 2022 20:53

  I was SO EXCITED when I saw this in the release notes for Summer '22. Thank you thank you!!:

  Clearer Validation Rule messages on the Product

  When saving a new Inventory Product record, the validation messages that display for the Revenue GL Account, Expense GL Account, Inventory GL Account, and Inventory Type have been updated for clarification. The new error messages now specify the object and field with the issue.

  And then I realized it was ONLY on product, and I was sad again.  PLEASE replace the vauge error/validation rule messages with specific ones EVERYWHERE. All 15 other objects in addition to the Products

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