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Bug: Where-used list function in chart of account, String length error

As we know that the length of No. field in Chart of account is of 20 length, We used the field upto 18 thinking it supports 20 characters.

It worked!

However, we we click on where used list from the chart of account list, it prompt error of string length as below:

Call stack of the error is below:

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Error message:
The length of the string is 18, but it must be less than or equal to 10 characters. Value: 10-10-10-20-000001

Internal session ID:
a972ef37-ffaa-4c0d-8e38-2b4c79e26dae

Application Insights session ID:
ee64e050-8c11-43ec-bf29-8d18f56c4cf2

Client activity id:
f1a6c965-d1d3-4ca7-9f8c-8d6b887b7f2f

Time stamp on error:
2026-07-09T06:09:29.1934437Z

User telemetry id:
53e14dc1-4472-4314-b9b8-0c6e58deaabb

AL call stack:
"Calc. G/L Acc. Where-Used"(CodeUnit 100).CheckField line 6 - Base Application by Microsoft version 28.2.50931.52241
"Calc. G/L Acc. Where-Used"(CodeUnit 100).CheckTable line 17 - Base Application by Microsoft version 28.2.50931.52241
"Calc. G/L Acc. Where-Used"(CodeUnit 100).CheckPostingGroups line 14 - Base Application by Microsoft version 28.2.50931.52241
"Calc. G/L Acc. Where-Used"(CodeUnit 100).CheckGLAcc line 2 - Base Application by Microsoft version 28.2.50931.52241
"Chart of Accounts"(Page 16)."Where-Used List - OnAction"(Trigger) line 4 - Base Application by Microsoft version 28.2.50931.52241

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