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Removing invalid character

david20100
8 - Asteroid

In My ERP system (Second picture) i have a remarks field that is a big text box with space and carriage returns, when i bring that data in alteryx (first picture) i got a lot of unwanted characters (_X00D_  How to remove those unwanted characters?

 

thanks

 

garbage.JPGremarks.JPG

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JoshKushner
12 - Quasar

You can remove the string with this formula: 

 

Replace([Remarques], "_x00D_", "")

 

Then you can use the Data Cleansing tool to clear the whitespace

 

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david20100
8 - Asteroid

Thanks, i almost told you that was not working, you forgot an 0, now its working thanks alot

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