diff --git a/R/length.R b/R/length.R
index 4ed30c7e..d7cf31a5 100644
--- a/R/length.R
+++ b/R/length.R
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@
 xportr_length <- function(.df,
                           metadata = NULL,
                           domain = NULL,
-                          length = "metadata",
+                          length = c("metadata", "data"),
                           verbose = NULL,
                           metacore = deprecated()) {
-  length <- match.arg(length)
+  # length <- match.arg(length)
   if (!missing(metacore)) {
     lifecycle::deprecate_stop(
       when = "0.3.1.9005",
diff --git a/man/xportr_length.Rd b/man/xportr_length.Rd
index dc052d2a..8a5f0d18 100644
--- a/man/xportr_length.Rd
+++ b/man/xportr_length.Rd
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ xportr_length(
   .df,
   metadata = NULL,
   domain = NULL,
-  length = "metadata",
+  length = c("metadata", "data"),
   verbose = NULL,
   metacore = deprecated()
 )
diff --git a/vignettes/deepdive.Rmd b/vignettes/deepdive.Rmd
index fc9f601d..ae0c070a 100644
--- a/vignettes/deepdive.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/deepdive.Rmd
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Each of the core `{xportr}` functions requires several inputs: A valid dataframe
 ```{r, eval = FALSE}
 adsl %>%
   xportr_type(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
-  xportr_length(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
+  xportr_length(var_spec, "ADSL", "message", length = "metadata") %>%
   xportr_label(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
   xportr_order(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
   xportr_format(var_spec, "ADSL") %>%
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ To help reduce these repetitive calls, we have created `xportr_metadata()`. A us
 adsl %>%
   xportr_metadata(var_spec, "ADSL") %>%
   xportr_type() %>%
-  xportr_length() %>%
+  xportr_length(length = "metadata") %>%
   xportr_label() %>%
   xportr_order() %>%
   xportr_format() %>%
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ str(adsl)
 ```
 
 ```{r, echo = TRUE}
-adsl_length <- xportr_length(.df = adsl, metadata = var_spec, domain = "ADSL", verbose = "warn")
+adsl_length <- xportr_length(.df = adsl, metadata = var_spec, domain = "ADSL", verbose = "warn", length = "metadata")
 ```
 
 Using `xportr_length()` with `verbose = "warn"` we can apply the length column to all the columns in the dataset.  The function detects that two variables, `TRTDUR` and `DCREASCD` are missing from the metadata file. Note that the variables have slight misspellings in the dataset and metadata, which is a great catch! However, lengths are still applied with TRTDUR being give a length of 8 and DCREASCD a length of 200.
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ str(adsl_length)
 Just like we did for `xportr_type()`, setting `verbose = "stop"` immediately stops R from processing the lengths. Here the function detects the missing variables and will not apply any lengths to the dataset until corrective action is applied.
 
 ```{r, echo = TRUE, error = TRUE}
-adsl_length <- xportr_length(.df = adsl, metadata = var_spec, domain = "ADSL", verbose = "stop")
+adsl_length <- xportr_length(.df = adsl, metadata = var_spec, domain = "ADSL", verbose = "stop", length = "metadata")
 ```
 
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ It is also note worthy that you can set the dataset label using the `xportr_df_l
 adsl %>%
   xportr_metadata(var_spec, "ADSL") %>%
   xportr_type() %>%
-  xportr_length() %>%
+  xportr_length(length = "metadata") %>%
   xportr_label() %>%
   xportr_order() %>%
   xportr_format() %>%
diff --git a/vignettes/xportr.Rmd b/vignettes/xportr.Rmd
index 2e39f386..53331e9f 100644
--- a/vignettes/xportr.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/xportr.Rmd
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Finally, we arrive at exporting the R data frame object as a `xpt` file with `xp
 ```{r}
 adsl %>%
   xportr_type(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
-  xportr_length(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
+  xportr_length(var_spec, "ADSL", "message", length = "metadata") %>%
   xportr_label(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
   xportr_order(var_spec, "ADSL", "message") %>%
   xportr_format(var_spec, "ADSL") %>%