Issue
"Unterminated string" error occurs in a calculation editor.
e.g.
Last Modified Date: 11 Jul 2023
Environment
- Tableau Desktop
- More likely in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, double byte environment
Resolution
Make sure that the quotation marks before and after the string value are the same half size (one-byte) quote character.Cause
This is a syntax error. Different type of quotation marks are used to indicate a string value.Additional Information
If the begninning quote character is double byte character, you receive "Bad character" error message.If the closing quote character is double byte, you will receive "Unterminated string" error message. Either way, make sure the single byte quote characters are used in all places in the calculation.
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