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how can I trim Name attribute in Account entity in power automate?

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Posted on by furqanmajeed 71

I have a flow that takes the user input and match with account number and output boolean if found or not. 

In CRM Accounts , my account names have spaces. for example: 

The account hava name ' Furqan' and if the user type 'Furqan', my flow wont be able to match it. 

how can I trim the spaces in power automate query so it can find the record. 

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  • Sundeep_Malik Profile Picture
    Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

    Hey @furqanmajeed 

     

    You can use trim function for this.

     

    Just write name eq 'trim(expression)'

     

    Giving a link to read all about trim function:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/reference/function-trim

     

    Or if the trim does not work, you can try replace function. Replace all spaces with no space:

     

    name eq 'replace(expression,' ','')

     

    I hope this will help.

     

    If the above works for you, you can mark it as a solution and if you liked the explanation, you can give a thumbs up/kudo.

     

    Thanks.

  • furqanmajeed Profile Picture
    furqanmajeed 71 on at

    the issue is I want to trim the name field. not the expression. Is there any way I can trim the name field, The data in my crm have spaces. 

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