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Strip HTML tags in field data during QlikView load using a mapping table and MapSubstring() function
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QlikView_Strip_HTML_Tags.qvs
Data:
LOAD RecNo() as RecNo, Field
FROM <your source file>;
HtmlTag_Map:
MAPPING LOAD DISTINCT '<' & TextBetween('<' & SubField(Field, '<', IterNo()),'<','>') & '>' as HtmlTag, '' as Substitute
Resident Data
While NOT IsNull(SubField(Field, '<', IterNo()));
JOIN(Data) LOAD RecNo, MapSubstring('HtmlTag_Map', Field) as Field_Cleansed
Resident Data;
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