Concatenate returning 'unparseable' - doesn't like the " (" or the ") " in the formula

I really hope someone can help me with this please...I'm sure there is just a tiny tweak I need to make, but I can't figure it out. I've tried this formula in a helper column but it doesn't like the " (" or the ") " in the formula. It only seems to be able to cope with + "" or + "-".

This is the formula that's coming back as unparseable.

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It's really simple. Here's the example of what I want to achieve as a result...

UK - Project Name - London (John Smith)

When I remove the brackets around the name in the formula, it works, but I can't get the formula to work when putting a bracket around the cell name.

I think I'm missing something really obvious.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Paul McGuinness

Hi @L Darvesh

This should work, just needed to add in a + before the [CS Lead] element

=[Client Short Name country - Project name]@row +" - "+ [Event Location]@row + " ("+ [CS Lead]@row + ") "

hope that helps

Thanks

Paul

Nick Korna

Hi @L Darvesh,

You need a + between the opening bracket and the [CS Lead]@row:

This is what's causing an #UNPARSEABLE error to crop up.

Hopefully this resolves the issue!

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Paul McGuinness

Hi @L Darvesh

This should work, just needed to add in a + before the [CS Lead] element

=[Client Short Name country - Project name]@row +" - "+ [Event Location]@row + " ("+ [CS Lead]@row + ") "

hope that helps

Thanks

Paul

Nick Korna

Hi @L Darvesh,

You need a + between the opening bracket and the [CS Lead]@row:

This is what's causing an #UNPARSEABLE error to crop up.

Hopefully this resolves the issue!

L Darvesh

Hi @Nick Korna Thank you so much!! Something so small, but so critical. Many thanks for your very fast response. I really appreciate it. :)

L Darvesh

Thank you @Paul McGuinness! Really appreciate your fast response. :) All fixed now. Thank you

Nick Korna

No problem at all, glad it is sorted for you now! 😊

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