When importing a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file to ArcGIS Online, changing the field type from Integer to String causes the field's length to increase to 2,147,483,647.
Last Published: August 22, 2016ArcGIS Online
Bug ID Number
BUG-000098560
Submitted
August 12, 2016
Last Modified
April 7, 2023
Applies to
ArcGIS Online
Version found
4.2
Status
In Review
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Workaround
Modify a few rows in the field to include text characters to force ArcGIS Online to read the column as a String field instead of requesting it to be converted in the process. This field then gets a field length of 256. Then edit the text value back to the original number in ArcGIS Online.