Forums › Cached › Customization › Searches / List Views

This topic contains 4 replies, has 0 voices, and was last updated by rsm_ryan_meyer 7 years, 11 months ago.

  • Author
    Posts
  • November 10, 2016 at 6:49 pm #23052 Score: 0

    rsm_ryan_meyer
    • Contributions: 0
    • Level 1
    • ☆

    Is there a formula to remove carriage returns from fields in a Saved Search? I have a custom Text Area field that is being used by a 3PL integration and have discovered that if the user hits enter within that Text Area field, the 3PL's system sees that as a new line when it shouldn't. I'm hoping to "scrub" the carriage returns out via formula before the data is sent to the 3PL.

    I tried the REPLACE function with <br>, '<br>', /n and '/n' based on some info I found on SuiteAnswers. No luck. Thanks!
    This is a cached copy. Click here to see the original post.

  • November 11, 2016 at 3:14 am #23053 Score: 0

    ERPExperts
    • Contributions: 0
    • Level 1
    • ☆

    Just to check, have you tried n as that's the correct way around?

  • November 11, 2016 at 1:31 pm #23054 Score: 0

    rsm_ryan_meyer
    • Contributions: 0
    • Level 1
    • ☆

    Thanks for the reply.

    I figured out what works for carriage return (chr(13) is apparently the code representation of CR); this formula is apparently finding the CRs:

    REPLACE({custbody_field},chr(13),'')

    However, when I export to Excel, they are still there. I know the formula is finding them as I modified it to REPLACE({custbody_field},chr(13),'aaa') at one point and the 'aaa' was showing up in the correct places in the results. I tried REPLACE({custbody_field},chr(13),' ') , REPLACE({custbody_field},chr(13),'') , REPLACE({custbody_field},chr(13),null) and REPLACE({custbody_field},chr(13)).

    Results of all those test still send CRs to Excel. It's like the NS results are overriding the formula. Any other thoughts?

  • November 15, 2016 at 9:56 am #23055 Score: 0

    dominicb
    • Contributions: 0
    • Level 1
    • ☆

    Have you tried replacing chr(13) and chr(10) in case its an LF rather than a CR?

  • November 17, 2016 at 3:05 pm #23056 Score: 0

    rsm_ryan_meyer
    • Contributions: 0
    • Level 1
    • ☆

    Thanks for the reply. I did end up using that and replace(replace(Name,CHR(10),''),CHR(13),'') ended up working for me.

  • Author
    Posts

You must be logged in to reply to this topic.