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# [Using Qlik Regex to Organise Messy Comment Fields](https://hiadam.hashnode.dev/using-qlik-regex-to-organise-messy-comment-fields?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Free-text fields are both a blessing and a curse. They give users flexibility, but from a reporting point of view they’re often messy, inconsistent, and hard to work with. In this case, a customer had a Comments field where users manually typed infor...

Feb 16 · 3 min read · hiadam.hashnode.dev  
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