Exporting soft credit acknowledgement export gives "Record contained too many data fields" error on word document after merge.
  • 01 Jun 2023
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Exporting soft credit acknowledgement export gives "Record contained too many data fields" error on word document after merge.

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Article summary

An error occurs in word when I attempt to merge the soft credit acknowledgement export. Word creates the merged document, but a second word window appears which states "Record ## contained too many data fields"

Steps To Duplicate:
  1. FIMS > Reports > Gifts > Soft Credit Acknowledgement Export
  2. No specific format options, selections, sorting, affiliations need to be set
  3. Send To File, Export Format Word
  4. This can occur regardless of autolaunch document setting
  5. A word window appears asking about field delimiter. Set field delimiter to Tab and click OK.
  6. The merge completes successfully, but a second document appears with the error message.
Answer:
This issue is addressed in FIMS 14.70

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