Another great suggestion. I will do that, @Sven-iX . Thanks!

Thank you, @Sven-iX. Thank you @Sven-iX. All "Search" modules have an implicit iterator  ... <insert mind-blown emoji here>. This explains so much. I've already implemented your suggestion and have seen the vast improvement - no timing out and the scenario completing successfully. (Now to look throu...

This is the last module used to overwrite the type-specific string:  

I had meant to also share the screenshot of the truncating logic downstream of the Data Store Search module, which runs "for each" search result:  This is the route in its entirety:  

I have a route in my scenario where the objective is to truncate all strings in a column that are 2000 characters or greater, and I'm hoping someone can suggest a more elegant solution. Right now, I use a Search module as the first module in the route and it is searching just for ANY entry in the da...