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Problem Note 43539: The data validation object in supplemental schedules is limited to 255 total characters
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The data validation object used in SAS Financial Management supplemental schedules for displaying valid strings is limited to 250 characters. This limit was based on a Microsoft Excel maximum of 255 characters for versions 2003 and earlier.
For example, if your supplemental schedule contains a drop-down selection list with more than 250 total characters, the displayed contents of the list is truncated at 250 characters.
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This is marked as fixed in release 5.3 of SAS Financial Management.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Financial Management | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||