Automation / Formula to separate text from flight information

justdan2

Hello,

Is there a way to separate the text from a flight booking straight from our travel system into separate Smartsheet columns?

This is the data we receive in our travel system when booking a flight :

BA 990Y 10NOV 4 LHRBER SS1 0710 1005

I would love to be able to move this data into several columns in Smartsheet:

Flight No: BA990

Arrival Date: 10/11/23

Departure Airport: London Heathrow LHR

Arrival Airport: Berlin BER

Departure Time: 07:10

Arrival Time: 10:05

Bit of a long shot but is anything like this possible? I've tried formulas like '=Mid' formulas in Excel and they work to some extent but it doesn't format them very well.

Many thanks.

Andrée Starå

Hi @justdan2

I hope you're well and safe!

Yes, it's probably possible. Is the pattern consistent?

• First 6 characters, 5 characters for the date, and so on?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week & Happy New Year!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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justdan2

Hi Andrée,

Thanks for your quick reply!

The character limits are consistent throughout.

BA 990Y 10NOV 4 LHRBER SS1 0710 1005

Occasionally we will get the flight numbers with an extra digit but it will take the place of the space in the example above

e.g.,

Flight 1: BA 990Y

Flight 2: BA2390Y

Both will have a maximum of 7 characters. However, I wouldn't want the 'Y' recorded as it's not part of the flight number.

Thanks!

justdan2

Hi Andrée.

Did you say you might be able to assist on this query?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thank you :)