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Find and Replace Journal Entry

jalizmaldonado
8 - Asteroid

Hi, there are two separate issues I'm currently having when trying to complete my journal entry. 

 

1. When I use the find and replace tool, I can't seem to bring along all of the necessary data. For instance, I need to pull all Values/Sum_Values along with the CTL4/CTL5. For some reason, it's only pulling some but not all. The "set 2" data set is the format I'm looking to have. The Combreg input/name should match the G/L Categories.

 

2. The" test output" file is an example of where the values are supposed to be placed. I was trying to create a formula where  - if there is [^a-zA-Z0-9], replace the language in the cell with the corresponding value. But apparently [^a-zA-Z0-9] doesn't mean characters in the cell? I'm not entirely sure. 

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Qiu
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@jalizmaldonado 

The "Total Invoice (CDN)" in set2 can not be found in set 1.

Can you double check the data?

For this case, A joint tool should be applied.

SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @jalizmaldonado 

 

The Find-Replace is useful only if you want to do a replacement or perhaps add 1 field.   If you need to add multiple fields, use a join tool, then you get full control over the number of fields.

 

In terms of matching to something like  [^a-zA-Z0-9] - this would generally be done with either a regex tool, or a formula that uses Regex.    

 

If you need to get some practice on Regex - I can't recommend http://regex101.com enough!

 
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