Reg truncating special characters in BEx Query

Hi
While I try to run a query ,for some Account nos I get
IBL/5556262
#/43434434
I want to  remove IBL/ and #/ in my query and just display
5556262
43434434
How do I do it in my Query designer?Kindly need your inputs
Thanks
Bharathraj.N

Hi,
You are getting this because it has compounded characteristic.
Say char1 has char2 as compounding attribute.
Now when u drag char1 in query, char2 also gets dropped.
You can avoid this, if u want only specific value for char2 (say IBL).
Remove char2 from characteristics and place it in filter with value restricted to IBL.
Hope this is clear,
Shylaja.

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