Substring

returns a string containing a substring of consecutive characters from another string syntax substring(text,startposition,length) enabled for for a description of the business object categories, see notes on "enabled for" docid\ u26v9fecfs6ilwa0 pvjd business object category yes/no business rules before save rules yes business rules calculation rules (after save, with or without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, with recalculate on load) yes business rules editing rules yes business rules initialization rules yes business rules read only rules yes business rules required rules yes business rules validation rules yes client expressions yes object permissions yes services yes ldap yes mobile yes quick actions (except ui quick actions) yes ui quick actions yes reports yes search/dashboard without field references yes search/dashboard with field references yes parameters parameter description text the text from which to extract the substring startposition the position of the first character to include in the output the first character starts with position 1 length (optional) the length of the substring return value text value example $(substring(symptom, 21, 7)) if the symptom field in the current business object contains the following printer seems to be working fine for others his setup for the printer is fine it returns the substring starting with the 21st character and continues for 7 characters the result of this function in this example is working see also substring0 docid 026qfcaehxiikmrktlmff ()