REPLACE (Report Builder)

Returns a string with all the instances of a substring replaced by another substring.

Syntax

REPLACE(find, replace, string)

find

Specifies the string that contains the substring to replace all instances of with another.

replace

Specifies the substring to locate.

string

Specifies the substring with which to replace the located substring.

Example

Formula Result

REPLACE(Description, "steel", "copper")

Returns each instance of the Description field where the word copper replaces every instance of the word steel.

See Also

Concepts

Working with Formulas (Report Builder)
Using Functions (Report Builder)
Text Functions (Report Builder)
Report Builder How-to Topics
Working with Literals in Formulas and Filters (Report Builder)
Formatting Data, Text, and Images (Report Builder)

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