Length of text field increased to 2147483647

[KeithSalmon]

Yesterday, shortly after the quarterly upgrade, one of our automated processes failed due to a change of field length for a text field.

The field was previously 5000 long - something (not us) has changed it to a length of 2147483647.

Any feedback on what might have caused this are welcome.

[timcneil]

Hi @KeithSalmon , 

Sorry to hear about this. This looks like a bug introduced from the recent update of ArcGIS Online. I've let the right team know and it is on their radar to address during this upcoming patch period. I'll update you here when I have a better idea of when this should be fixed.

Thanks, 

Taylor

[AbdiHassan]

we are having trouble editing our feature service and noticed the same thing some field lengths changed. Any idea when this will be addressed?

[AlanBC]

We have same issue. It is causing hundreds of warnings in our ETL processes (FME) that the width on the server (AGOL) does not match expected width. Needs fixing quickly please.

[timcneil]

Hi @AlanBC @KeithSalmon @AbdiHassan , 

This should now be fixed as of today. Please let us know if you still see any issues. 

Best, 

Taylor

[AlanBC]

Hi Taylor,

@timcneil We have seen no change the incorrect field length are all still the same?

Thanks

Alan

[KeithSalmon]

The length field is still showing as " 2147483647"

[DataOfficer]

Still showing incorrectly for us as well @timcneil 

[timcneil]

@DataOfficer , @KeithSalmon , @AlanBC 

Could you please try adding a new string field with the desired length to your dataset? The new field should honor the length that you set.

If you have data in the string field that is the incorrect length, you can use the Calculate Field workflow to calculate values from the field with the undesired length into the new string field, and then delete the old field if needed.