Trim spaces from presentation variable

Wolfrm

How do I trim spaces from a presentation variable, entered by user in a prompt? I know how to use the trim function, but not sure where to use the function. Is there a way to add this to the prompt itself, or would I trim in the filter?

Federico Venturin - Oracle

I would use a SQL filter in the analysis like:

"Table"."Column" = TRIM(BOTH ' ' FROM '@{Variable}')

Gianni Ceresa

Federico told you where to use it...

For your question about "is there a way to add this to the prompt itself" it depends ...

Do your users write the value of the variable in a text field? If yes you can't really do anything there .... If the users enter the values by selecting in a drop down list you can of course trim the values in the list (but why not trim them in your DB directly?)

Wolfrm

That works great. Thanks very much, Federico.

Wolfrm

Yes, it's a text field they are using for input. I do not have access to write to the database directly. Fortunately, considering my current level of skill