Sales/Purchases: Description character limit

We occasionally find that 255 characters ar insufficient for our requirements. Is there any support for an encrease to (say) 500 characters?

Hi

The description field in the time billing module is limited to 256 characters. This is a continual source of time wasting for us as we OFTEN need to include way more that 256 charachers in this field. 

The current process is to add the full text description from our time keeping software. which may include several or many lines. Then attempt to save the invoice, then get triped up on the number of characters, then for each descriptrion, cut some txt and add a line below. then try to save, then find description is still to big then repete, then repete. Then go to next description and repeate. Thuis is very tedious, time consumming and most of all frustrating.

Is it possible to either.

1) Expand the field to inculde more characters

or

2) auto disect the flied so if it contained more than 256 characters it would auto chop the txt at 265 characters and put the remained on a new line, for each block in excess of 256. I.E. if the txt was 750 characters Accountright would make 3 lines to fit the text in.

Mike

I'd like to be able to increase the character length of the descriptions in both the item record and the invoice, so that a more detailed desription can be included.

My business sells a few varities of the same item and being able to have a description that looks complete and describes fully would be excellent.

Surely others have the same issue?

Hi I would like to see more character spacing in the Invoice description area - we tend to have lengthly descriptions in each area and we run out of character space.  We then have to return and start a new area thus the system will input 0.00 under the amount section until you finish inputting all the description and then finally you input the amount to be charged.  The invoice would look better if the whole descriptio could be input and then only one amount is displayed on the invoice.  Is it possible to increase the number of characters please...

I await your comments

Cheers

Gloria

I have a number of programes that requirre a product desription Currently have to hold this on a spead sheet as MYOB only allows 255 characters Ideally I would like double that to make Accounting right the main programe syn into others

We've recently been moved over to MYOB to help our bookkeepers as this is their preferred system of use however, the first quote I try to write, I find there is a 255 character limit on each item description. The suggested solution is a patchwork bandaid solution which I find absolutly infuriating. I was under the understanding that MYOB were the leaders in accounting software and I see there has been multiple people over more than 12months bringing this to your attention. We have invested in MYOB by training staff and reseting up company systems but unfortunately it looks like we will be changing to another accounting program if this issue isn't resolved asap.

Hi RuthMcKeown15 - you're right, this is a valid issue for companies providing professional services. Another issue is the length of Item names - currently a maximum of 30 characters (29 if importing data via Excel).  Whilst generally adequate, this is too small for some industries - such as automotive. Public hospitals with mainframe inventory systems have had problems with long drug names or where dosage instructions have to be included, for different patients - e.d. adult and child. Sometimes, a pharmacy system drug name, that's too short, has resulted in serious accidental drug overdoses.

The reason for short fields for item names and descriptions is performance and cost.

Modern data field lengths are usually 16 or 32 characters, though sometimes 64.

Longer field lengths slow down data processing - so 32 or 64 length fields need need a fast processor, that's usually more expensive. Also they need more data storage space - though this cost has been reducing, as 1 terrabyte drives become more common.

And also extending the maximum characters for Time Entries

Is there any update to this.. is a most frustrating thing as a mechanic who likes to give a clear description of work done, in one take.

Has there been any movement on this topic?? I came to vote and realised that I already had done but it was so long ago, I had forgotten. It is incredibly frustrating that there is such a limit to the number of characters available in this field. Even 'insert blank line' is also too limited. Trying to add a detailed scope of work by copy and paste, instead of having to type everything out numerous times, is virtually impossible. The characters end up cut off and it is only a limited number of lines that you can view at one time so you have to scroll to find the end/start of the next paste and even then it looks unprofessional on quotes and invoices because the spacing between each 'blank line' is larger than the spacing between lines within the field.

I have had it up to **bleep**'s bow with the inflexibility of MYOB and the disgraceful length of time it takes to get anything like this amended.