diff --git a/src/classes/TDTM_Filter.cls b/src/classes/TDTM_Filter.cls
index d1ebbcdc04..dd0286621a 100644
--- a/src/classes/TDTM_Filter.cls
+++ b/src/classes/TDTM_Filter.cls
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 * Those that do are taken out from the list of records to process. 
 */
 public with sharing class TDTM_Filter {
-
+    
+    /* @description  The name of the class being run.*/
+    String classToRunName;
     /* @description  An instance of the class being run.*/
     SObject classToRunRecord; 
     /* * @description The records that were passed to the trigger as trigger.new. */
@@ -63,8 +65,9 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_Filter {
     * @param oldList The records that were passed to the trigger as trigger.old.
     * @param describeObj The type of SObject the class runs for.
     */
-    public TDTM_Filter(SObject classToRunRecord, List<SObject> newList, List<SObject> oldList, 
+    public TDTM_Filter(String classToRunName, SObject classToRunRecord, List<SObject> newList, List<SObject> oldList, 
     DescribeSObjectResult describeObj) {
+        this.classToRunName = classToRunName;
         this.classToRunRecord = classToRunRecord;
         this.newList = newList;
         this.oldList = oldList;
@@ -90,7 +93,6 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_Filter {
 	        	return filtered;
 	    	}
     	} catch(Exception e) {
-    		UTIL_Debug.debug(LoggingLevel.WARN, '****Invalid filtering condition');
     		UTIL_Debug.debug(LoggingLevel.WARN, '****Exception: ' + e.getMessage());
     		UTIL_Debug.debug(LoggingLevel.WARN, '\n****Stack Trace:\n' + e.getStackTraceString() + '\n');
     	}
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_Filter {
         List<String> filterFullChain = (filterField.split('\\.', 0)); //separate cross object references, i.e. account.name   
         fieldName = filterFullChain[filterFullChain.size() - 1]; //get the field name itself
         String parentObjectName = filterFullChain[filterFullChain.size() - 2]; //get the name of the field parent = last object in the chain      
-        UTIL_Debug.debug('****filterFullChain: ' + filterFullChain);        
+        UTIL_Debug.debug('****filterFullChain: ' + filterFullChain);
         
         //remove the field, to have only the parent object chain
         for(Integer i = 0; i < (filterFullChain.size() - 1); i++)
@@ -127,10 +129,21 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_Filter {
             UTIL_Debug.debug('****Filter value: ' + filterValue);
             filterByCondition(newListRelatedFields, oldListRelatedFields);
         } else {
-            UTIL_Debug.debug('****The field name is invalid.');
+            addErrorToAll();
         }       
     }
     
+    /*******************************************************************************************************
+    * @description Adds an error message to all the records in the trigger.
+    * @return void
+    */
+    private void addErrorToAll() {
+        for(Integer i = 0; i < newList.size(); i++) {
+            newList[i].addError(Label.InvalidFilter + ' ' + classToRunName);
+            filtered.newList.add(newList[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    
     /*******************************************************************************************************
     * @description We need the SObjectField to know the type of the filter field and determine if any manipulation 
     * is necessary. All the filter conditions are stored as strings, but some many need to be transformed to 
@@ -313,7 +326,7 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_Filter {
             UTIL_Debug.debug('****Filter value: ' + filterValue);
             filterByCondition(null, null);
         } else {
-            UTIL_Debug.debug('****The field name is invalid.');
+            addErrorToAll();
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/src/classes/TDTM_Filter_TEST.cls b/src/classes/TDTM_Filter_TEST.cls
index 68dddb9773..0a5c174337 100644
--- a/src/classes/TDTM_Filter_TEST.cls
+++ b/src/classes/TDTM_Filter_TEST.cls
@@ -132,6 +132,33 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_Filter_TEST {
         Relationship__c[] rels = [select Contact__c, RelatedContact__c from Relationship__c];
         System.assertEquals(0, rels.size());
     }
+    
+    public static testmethod void InvalidFilterField() {
+        if (strTestOnly != '*' && strTestOnly != 'InvalidFilterField') return;
+        
+        insert new Relationship_Auto_Create__c(Name='AutoCreate2',Object__c='Contact',
+                                                    Field__c='ReportsToId', Relationship_Type__c = 'TestType');
+                                                    
+        //Creating filter condition.
+        insert new Trigger_Handler__c(Active__c = true, Asynchronous__c = false, 
+              Class__c = 'REL_Relationships_Con_TDTM', Load_Order__c = 1, Object__c = 'Contact', 
+              Trigger_Action__c = 'AfterInsert;AfterUpdate;AfterDelete', Filter_Field__c = 'InvalidField',
+              Filter_Value__c = 'Anne');
+        
+        //Creating four contacts. The second one meets the filtering criteria.
+        Contact c1 = new Contact(FirstName = 'Test', LastName = 'Testerson1', AssistantName = 'Nancy');
+        Contact c2 = new Contact(FirstName = 'Test', LastName = 'Testerson2', AssistantName = 'Anne');
+        Contact c3 = new Contact(FirstName = 'Test', LastName = 'Testerson3', AssistantName = null);
+        Contact c4 = new Contact(FirstName = 'Test', LastName = 'Testerson4', AssistantName = 'John');
+        Contact[] contacts = new Contact[] {c1, c2, c3, c4};
+        try {
+            insert contacts;
+            System.assertEquals('We should never get here.', 'We got here.');
+        } catch(System.DmlException e) {
+            System.assertEquals(true, e.getMessage().contains('FIELD_CUSTOM_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION'));
+            System.assertEquals(true, e.getMessage().contains(Label.InvalidFilter));
+        }
+    }
 	
 	public static testmethod void checkboxField() {
 		if (strTestOnly != '*' && strTestOnly != 'checkboxField') return;
diff --git a/src/classes/TDTM_TriggerHandler.cls b/src/classes/TDTM_TriggerHandler.cls
index 2023032411..6b8d125e9c 100644
--- a/src/classes/TDTM_TriggerHandler.cls
+++ b/src/classes/TDTM_TriggerHandler.cls
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public with sharing class TDTM_TriggerHandler {
 			        } else {
 			        	UTIL_Debug.debugWithInfo('****Calling synchronously: ' + classToRunName);
 			        	
-			        	TDTM_Filter filter = new TDTM_Filter(classToRunRecord, newList, oldList, describeObj);
+			        	TDTM_Filter filter = new TDTM_Filter(classToRunName, classToRunRecord, newList, oldList, describeObj);
 			        	TDTM_Filter.FilteredLists filtered = filter.filter();
                         
                         if(filtered != null) {
diff --git a/src/labels/CustomLabels.labels b/src/labels/CustomLabels.labels
index c99d6e6a9e..cdca33fe3f 100644
--- a/src/labels/CustomLabels.labels
+++ b/src/labels/CustomLabels.labels
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
         <shortDescription>Female</shortDescription>
         <value>Female</value>
     </labels>
+    <labels>
+        <fullName>InvalidFilter</fullName>
+        <categories>TDTM</categories>
+        <language>en_US</language>
+        <protected>false</protected>
+        <shortDescription>Error message for TDTM filtering functionality.</shortDescription>
+        <value>Invalid filtering field name defined on </value>
+    </labels>
     <labels>
         <fullName>Male</fullName>
         <categories>Relationships</categories>
diff --git a/src/package.xml b/src/package.xml
index 015338c724..a31d7a5f89 100644
--- a/src/package.xml
+++ b/src/package.xml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
     <members>DefaultAdminName</members>
     <members>DefaultHouseholdName</members>
     <members>Female</members>
+    <members>InvalidFilter</members>
     <members>Male</members>
     <members>Relationship_Explanation_Connector</members>
     <members>Relationship_Split</members>