Cloud Management and AIOps
Hide about this portal


This is an IBM Automation portal for Cloud Management, Technology Cost Management, Network Automation and AIOps products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).

Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.

Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Add a new idea Subscribe
Status Future consideration
Workspace Apptio
Categories TBM Studio - Data/Model Studio
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 9, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Add Function to Remove double spaces within text fields

See this idea on ideas.ibm.com

There is double or triple spaces within Journal Line Description text field in the GL data. I would like a function to remove these multiple spaces in a row like the trim function does in excel. In TBM Studio the trim function only removes spaces at the beginning or end of the text.  

I have found this issue in text like Journal Line Description and Vendor Name. I use these fields in lookups. The lookups do not work due to the double spaces. 

In a work around, I have used a set of formulas to replace a double space with a single space. Recently, I have found text with multiple double spaces and triple spaces that my formulas don't fix. 

Example Remove Double Space Formulas:

How I use the Journal Line Description in a lookup formula where this causes an issue

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Dec 9, 2024

    @Kristine Klein  

    I understand the technical feature that you are looking for.  From a use case perspective, do the extra spaces cause issues in applying other formulas or impacting calculations?  Or do you want to remove extra spaces for aesthetic purposes only?  

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.

Contact IBM Privacy Terms of use Accessibility