---
title: "Most Common Salesforce Error Messages"
description: "Most Common Salesforce Error Messages"
keywords: "Salesforce Error messages Salesforce FAQ"
url: "https://myrapidi.com/wiki/most_common_salesforce_error_messages"
locale: "en"
published: "2024-01-25T16:48:03Z"
modified: "2025-07-17T12:00:00Z"
---

When transferring data to Salesforce, it is extremely common to see error messages. Here is a list of the most common errors you will see, what the errors mean, and how to resolve them.

1. [Validation Rule Exception [FIELD\_CUSTOM\_VALIDATION\_EXCEPTION]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_field_custom_validation_exception)
2. [Required fields are missing [REQUIRED\_FIELD\_MISSING]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_required_field_missing)
3. [Inactive owner or user [INACTIVE\_OWNER\_OR\_USER]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_inactive_owner_or_user)
4. [Use one of these records? [DUPLICATES\_DETECTED]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_duplicates_detected)
5. [Duplicate external id specified [DUPLICATE\_EXTERNAL\_ID]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/duplicate_external_id)
6. [Id value of incorrect type [FIELD\_INTEGRITY\_EXCEPTION]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_field_integrity_exception)
7. [Entity is deleted [ENTITY\_IS\_DELETED]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_entity_is_deleted)
8. [We can't save this record because the "ABC" process failed [CANNOT\_EXECUTE\_FLOW\_TRIGGER]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_cannot_execute_flow_trigger)
9. [Invalid email address [INVALID\_EMAIL\_ADDRESS]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_invalid_email_address)
10. [Invalid Cross Reference Id [INVALID\_CROSS\_REFERENCE\_KEY]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_invalid_cross_reference_id)
11. [Invalid or Null for Restricted Picklist [INVALID\_OR\_NULL\_FOR\_RESTRICTED\_PICKLIST]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_invalid_restricted_picklist)
12. [Unable to lock row [UNABLE\_TO\_LOCK\_ROW]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_unable_to_lock_row)
13. [Salesforce API Calls exceeded [REQUEST\_LIMIT\_EXCEEDED]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2124_salesforce_api_calls_exceeded)
14. [Malformed Id [MALFORMED\_ID]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_malformed_id)
15. [Too many query rows [CANNOT\_INSERT\_UPDATE\_ACTIVATE\_ENTITY]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_too_many_query_rows)
16. [Invalid Query Operator [INVALID\_QUERY\_OPERATOR]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2121_invalid_query_filter_operator)
17. [Too many future calls [CANNOT\_INSERT\_UPDATE\_ACTIVATE\_ENTITY]](https://wiki.myrapidi.com/wiki/e2120_too_many_future_calls)