I am creating an expression combining multiple fields into a single field in SSRS. However when I am exporting to CSV, some of the records are being appended with additional double quotes. How do I fix this?
Original Data:
SCode|BuildingNumber|StreetName|City|State|
---------------------------------------------
ABC| |123 Street|New York |NY|
DEF| |456 Street|Los Angeles|CA|
IJK|123|7th Ave |Chicago |IL|
XYZ| |789 Cir |Atlanta |GA|
Expression I am using:
=Fields!SCode.Value & "#" & IIF(IsNothing(Fields!BuildingNumber.Value), Fields!StreetName.Value, Fields!BuildingNumber.Value & "\," & Fields!StreetName.Value) & "#" & Fields!City.Value & "#" & Fields!State.Value"
Data after exporting to CSV:
ABC#123 Street#New York#NY
DEF#456 Street#Los Angeles#CA
"IJK#123, 7th Ave#Chicago#IL"
XYZ#789 Cir#Atlanta#GA
Thanks!
The CSV export should only be adding the text delimiter around a field if there's a delimiter character (a comma) or some sort of return charter.
MS Docs
Check you text for commas, return characters, and line feeds.
Your examples don't have a comma but it may still have a return or line feed.
The line feed and return characters are character numbers 10 and 13 in ASCII.