Text functions available in Process Mining expressions, including LEFT and other string operations for transforming and extracting data from text fields.

Returns the leftmost characters from a text field or expression result. The number of characters returned is indicated by the numeric field or expression specified by LEFT.

LEFT <Numeric field or Expression> characters of <Text field or expression>

Only numeric values can be used for LEFT. Only text values can be used for characters of.

If any of the inputs is NULL, the result is NULL.

LEFT 5 characters of Case type

Returns the rightmost characters from a text field or expression result. The number of characters returned is indicated by the numeric field or expression specified by RIGHT.

RIGHT <Numeric field or Expression> characters of <Text field or expression>

Only numeric values can be used for RIGHT. Only text values can be used for characters of.

If any of the inputs is NULL, the result is NULL.

RIGHT 5 characters of Case type

Returns a part of the text field value or expression result. The number of characters to be returned is indicated by the numeric field value or expression result specified in characters long and the start position is defined by start position.

SUBSTRING of <Text field or Expression>, <Numeric field or expression> characters long, start position <Numeric field or Expression>

Only text values can be used for SUBSTRING. Only numeric values can be used for characters long and start position.

If any of the inputs is NULL, the result is NULL.

SUBSTRING of Phonenumber = "1-800-123-4567", 3 characters long, start position 3 (Returns the 3-digit area code 800)

Concatenates two or more text field values or expression results into one text value.

CONCAT <Text field or Expression> + <Text field or Expression> [+ <Text field or Expression>]

Only text values can be used.

NULL values are not included in the result. For example CONCAT('A', NULL, 'B') returns AB.

CONCAT (Purchase_Order_ID,'-',Purchase_order_item_ID (creates a new CaseID by merging the Purchase_Order_ID and the Purchase-Order_Item ID.)

Returns the first non-NULL value in a list of values defined by expressions, fields, or constants.

COALESCE <Expression or Field or Constant> + <Expression or Field or Constant> [+ <Expression or Field or Constant>]

All values can be used.

If all values in the list are NULL, then the COALESCE function will return NULL.

COALSCE (Purchase_order_ID, Invoice_ID) (Returns the first non NULL value to check if there are Invoices created without a Purchase order.