Clean Up Messy Text Submissions Automatically
Someone types ' john DOE ' into your form. The Text Processor trims the spaces, fixes the capitalization, and saves 'John Doe' to the record. Every time, without you lifting a finger.
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Database Administrator
Half your records have trailing spaces, inconsistent capitalization, or special characters from copy-paste. Cleaning up takes hours.
CRM Manager
Contact names arrive as 'JANE SMITH', 'jane smith', and 'Jane Smith'. Your merge emails look ridiculous.
Content Manager
Form submissions include invisible Unicode characters, double spaces, and smart quotes that break your publishing pipeline.
What it does
Whitespace cleanup
Trim leading and trailing spaces. Collapse multiple spaces into one. Remove invisible Unicode characters.
Case transformation
Convert to Title Case, UPPER CASE, lower case, or Sentence case. Apply consistently across all submissions.
Character replacement
Replace or remove specific characters. Fix smart quotes, remove emojis, or strip HTML tags from pasted content.
Regex patterns
Apply custom regex find-and-replace for advanced text transformations. Extract patterns, reformat strings, or validate input.
How to set it up
Select the text field
Choose which single-line or long text field to process. You can set up multiple processors for different fields.
Add transformation rules
Stack transformations in order: trim first, then fix case, then replace characters. Rules execute top to bottom.
Preview on sample data
Test your rules against real records. See before/after comparisons to make sure the output is what you expect.
Activate
Enable the processor. It runs on every new form submission and saves the cleaned text back to the same field.
Going deeper
Cleanup operations
- Trim leading/trailing whitespace
- Remove duplicate spaces
- Strip invisible Unicode characters
- Remove HTML tags from pasted content
Case transformations
- Title Case (capitalizes each word)
- UPPER CASE
- lower case
- Sentence case (first letter only)
Pattern matching
- Custom regex find and replace
- Character class removal (digits, symbols)
- Smart quote to straight quote conversion
- Phone number and date reformatting
Frequently asked questions
Does it modify the original submission?
Yes, the cleaned text replaces the original in the same field. If you need both versions, save the processed output to a separate field.
Can I chain multiple transformations?
Yes. Stack as many rules as you need. They run in order: trim first, then change case, then replace characters.
Does it work with long text fields?
Yes. Both single-line and long text fields are supported. Rich text formatting in long text fields is preserved unless you specifically strip it.
Can I process existing records?
Yes. Run the processor on your existing data to clean up historical submissions in bulk.
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