Regular expression to capture filename after certain text

asked on October 5, 2017

I am currently setting up a workflow to rename and move some shortcuts. I'm stuck on the regular expression part that I need to capture the piece of the original shortcut name that will remain in the filename.

Ex: The initial shortcut is named "3 Pending Certification Smith, Bob 123456 - Property"

where "3 Pending Certification " is static text, "Smith, Bob" is a token for the client's name, "123456" is a token for an ID number, and "Property" is a token for a property name. The goal is to rename the shortcut to be just "Smith, Bob 123456 - Property"

How can I accomplish this? To put it simply, I only need to remove the first 24 characters of the entry name.

Thanks!

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replied on October 5, 2017

That did the trick - thank you!

Incidentally, I did have a For Each Entry scenario wherein each entry name is added to the multi-value token to be listed in an email. I checked Apply Index to the token in the calculator and specified the For Each Entry: Instance as the index value to account for this.

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