Oracle Netsuite Saved Search - Class Split like Text to Columns - netsuite

Question

I realize this is another thread with a similar question:
Netsuite: Saved Search Function much like "Text To Columns" in Excel
but the answer only pulled the first Class, none of the sub classes.
What if you want all of the Classes split into columns?
"Class" could have many levels out to
Main:Sub1:Sub2:Sub3
Could have any number of sub classes.
I'm assuming I could create 6 (or more) different columns with each one resulting in each respective Main and Sub -
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 etc.
Main Sub1 Sub2 etc.
This seems like a common desire I can't find an answer to.
Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use REGEXP_SUBSTR to extract the part of the string for the corresponding column.
Method 1
Main Class (First Column)
TRIM(REGEXP_SUBSTR({class}, '^[^:]+'))
Subclass 1 (Second Column)
TRIM(REGEXP_SUBSTR({class}, '^[^:]+:([^:]+)',1,1,'i',1))
Subclass 2 (Third Column)
TRIM(REGEXP_SUBSTR({class}, '^[^:]+:[^:]+:([^:]+)',1,1,'i',1))
Extend this pattern using additional groups of [^:]+: immediately after the first '^' of the regex string to add extra columns.
Method 2
Main Class (First Column)
TRIM(REGEXP_SUBSTR({class}, '^([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*)',1,1,'i',1))
Subclass 1 (Second Column)
TRIM(REGEXP_SUBSTR({class}, '^([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*)',1,1,'i',2))
Subclass 2 (Third Column)
TRIM(REGEXP_SUBSTR({class}, '^([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*):*([^:]*)',1,1,'i',3))
Extend this to additional columns by simply changing the value of the last parameter, up to the number of capture groups in the regex string - in the examples shown this will work up to 6 columns. For more than 6 columns you would also have to add extra ([^:]*):* groups to the regex string.