Maximum Num of Special Characters in a cell

Hello All,
We have a currency value in our report as "-$200", our requirement is to display -ve sign in closed brackets as "$(200)".
For this we made a query level property as "Display -Ve value in ()" and after making this change the key figure value is displaying as "$(200" and not as "$(200)".
Can someone please suggest me is there any limitations for the number of special characters that can be used in a particular cell value?
Also please suggest me if any solution for the same?
Regards,
AVS Reddy

Hi AVS Reddy:
Please check if the SAP note below helps you in solving the issue.
Note 1458878 - "For a negative number, there is no closing parentheses"
Regards,
Francisco Milán.

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Maximum Number of Special Characters in a cell

Hello All,
We have a currency value in our report as "-$200", our requirement is to display -ve sign in closed brackets as "$(200)".
For this we made a query level property as "Display -Ve value in ()" and after making this change the key figure value is displaying as "$(200" and not as "$(200)".
Can someone please suggest me is there any limitations for the number of special characters that can be used in a particular cell value?
Also please suggest me if any solution for the same?
Regards,
AVS Reddy

Hi,
I dont feel like 3 is the limitation for a cell to hold special character.
check the query output in RSRT and analyze...check your SP and raise to SAP...if you still face this issue...
Regards,
Rakesh.

How do I remove spaces or special characters within a cell for large amounts of data

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Current: .5 lt PET (6)
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Is there any shortcut to remove special characters between numbers within a cell?
Example:
Current: 0--000--000--0
Need: 00000000

Thanks Wayne.
I have been away from using Numbers or Excel for 4-5 years so it is slowly coming back to me. I am get that I need to use the SUBSTITUTE function however I am having trouble with getting it to work.
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ST PAULI 4/6/12 NR
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TGIF MARGARITA 10OZ FROZEN POUCH
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TGIF PINA COLADA 10OZ FROZEN POUCH
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Special characters for projects

Hi experts,
Kindly explain to me how to define multiple Special characters in project system.
Regards,
Shynu John

Hi,
Do you mean Special characters for the Project coding mask?
If that is the case, you can define the special characters in OPSK. A maximum of 8 special characters can be defined in it.
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Removes any characters from
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END
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@i int
Set @i = 1
while @i < 255
Select
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tutorial, but if i want to add into special characters toolbar from
fireworks is there any chance ?
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Hi Anubhav,
Please refer in this code:
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condense int_var NO-GAPS.
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For other solutions, please refer in this thread:
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bye,
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