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Does anyone have a JavaScript that they use in IDM that will take in a string and replace all accented characters with their non-accented equivalents? I've found a few online in non-IDM forums, like Stack Overflow or GitHub, that claim to work but when I plug them into IDM, they don't work.

If anyone has such a script that they use and know will work in IDM, I'd appreciate the knowledge transfer.

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brandonbollin
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‎2020 Jan 22 4:33 PM
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dominik.trui and RR R, much appreciated to keep this thread alive and post better solutions. Hopefully they help someone out someday even though my problem was solved almost 2 years ago. 🙂

Heck, I don't even work in SAP IDM anymore, which is tragic as I loved the platform but it's impossible to find a job supporting this product in the USA. Anyway, keep fighting the good fight SAP IDM experts!

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former_member201064
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‎2020 Jan 22 4:24 PM

Ahh, the small and lovely beginner versions. 🙂

// Main function: knf_replaceSpecialCharacters
function knf_replaceSpecialCharacters(name){
	name = name.replace(/Ä/g, "Ae");
	name = name.replace(/Ö/g, "Oe");
	name = name.replace(/Ü/g, "Ue");
	name = name.replace(/ä/g, "ae");
	name = name.replace(/ö/g, "oe");
	name = name.replace(/ü/g, "ue");
	name = name.replace(/ß/g, "ss");

	name = name.replace(/À/g, "A");
	name = name.replace(/Â/g, "A");
	name = name.replace(/Á/g, "A");
	name = name.replace(/È/g, "E");
	name = name.replace(/Ê/g, "E");
	name = name.replace(/É/g, "E");
	name = name.replace(/Ë/g, "E");
	name = name.replace(/Î/g, "I");
	name = name.replace(/Ï/g, "I");
 	name = name.replace(/Ò/g, "O");
	name = name.replace(/Ô/g, "O");
	name = name.replace(/Ó/g, "O");
	name = name.replace(/Œ/g, "Oe");
	name = name.replace(/Ù/g, "U");
	name = name.replace(/Û/g, "U");
	name = name.replace(/Ÿ/g, "Y");
	name = name.replace(/Ç/g, "C");
	name = name.replace(/Ã/g, "A");
	name = name.replace(/Ñ/g, "N");
	name = name.replace(/Õ/g, "O");
	name = name.replace(/Å/g, "A");
	name = name.replace(/Æ/g, "E");
	name = name.replace(/Ð/g, "D");
	name = name.replace(/Ø/g, "O");
	name = name.replace(/Ž/g, "Z");
	name = name.replace(/Š/g, "S");

	name = name.replace(/à/g, "a");
	name = name.replace(/â/g, "a");
	name = name.replace(/á/g, "a");
	name = name.replace(/è/g, "e");
	name = name.replace(/ê/g, "e");
	name = name.replace(/é/g, "e");
	name = name.replace(/ë/g, "e");
	name = name.replace(/ì/g, "i");
	name = name.replace(/î/g, "i");
	name = name.replace(/í/g, "i");
	name = name.replace(/ï/g, "i");
	name = name.replace(/ò/g, "o");
	name = name.replace(/ô/g, "o");
	name = name.replace(/ó/g, "o");
	name = name.replace(/œ/g, "oe");
	name = name.replace(/ù/g, "u");
	name = name.replace(/ú/g, "u");
	name = name.replace(/û/g, "u");
	name = name.replace(/ÿ/g, "y");
	name = name.replace(/ý/g, "y");
	name = name.replace(/ç/g, "c");
	name = name.replace(/ã/g, "a");
	name = name.replace(/ñ/g, "n");
	name = name.replace(/õ/g, "o");
	name = name.replace(/å/g, "a");
	name = name.replace(/æ/g, "e");
	name = name.replace(/ð/g, "d");
	name = name.replace(/ø/g, "o");
	name = name.replace(/š/g, "s");
	name = name.replace(/ž/g, "z");


	// Regexp for two byte characters
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0041|\u24B6|\uFF21|\u00C0|\u00C1|\u00C2|\u1EA6|\u1EA4|\u1EAA|\u1EA8|\u00C3|\u0100|\u0102|\u1EB0|\u1EAE|\u1EB4|\u1EB2|\u0226|\u01E0|\u00C4|\u01DE|\u1EA2|\u00C5|\u01FA|\u01CD|\u0200|\u0202|\u1EA0|\u1EAC|\u1EB6|\u1E00|\u0104|\u023A|\u2C6F/g), "A");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA732/g), "AA");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u00C6|\u01FC|\u01E2/g), "AE");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA734/g), "AO");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA736/g), "AU");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA738|\uA73A/g), "AV");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA73C/g), "AY");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0042|\u24B7|\uFF22|\u1E02|\u1E04|\u1E06|\u0243|\u0182|\u0181/g), "B");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0043|\u24B8|\uFF23|\u0106|\u0108|\u010A|\u010C|\u00C7|\u1E08|\u0187|\u023B|\uA73E/g), "C");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0044|\u24B9|\uFF24|\u1E0A|\u010E|\u1E0C|\u1E10|\u1E12|\u1E0E|\u0110|\u018B|\u018A|\u0189|\uA779/g), "D");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01F1|\u01C4/g), "DZ");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01F2|\u01C5/g), "Dz");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0045|\u24BA|\uFF25|\u00C8|\u00C9|\u00CA|\u1EC0|\u1EBE|\u1EC4|\u1EC2|\u1EBC|\u0112|\u1E14|\u1E16|\u0114|\u0116|\u00CB|\u1EBA|\u011A|\u0204|\u0206|\u1EB8|\u1EC6|\u0228|\u1E1C|\u0118|\u1E18|\u1E1A|\u0190|\u018E/g), "E");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0046|\u24BB|\uFF26|\u1E1E|\u0191|\uA77B/g), "F");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0047|\u24BC|\uFF27|\u01F4|\u011C|\u1E20|\u011E|\u0120|\u01E6|\u0122|\u01E4|\u0193|\uA7A0|\uA77D|\uA77E/g), "G");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0048|\u24BD|\uFF28|\u0124|\u1E22|\u1E26|\u021E|\u1E24|\u1E28|\u1E2A|\u0126|\u2C67|\u2C75|\uA78D/g), "H");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0049|\u24BE|\uFF29|\u00CC|\u00CD|\u00CE|\u0128|\u012A|\u012C|\u0130|\u00CF|\u1E2E|\u1EC8|\u01CF|\u0208|\u020A|\u1ECA|\u012E|\u1E2C|\u0197/g), "I");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u004A|\u24BF|\uFF2A|\u0134|\u0248/g), "J");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u004B|\u24C0|\uFF2B|\u1E30|\u01E8|\u1E32|\u0136|\u1E34|\u0198|\u2C69|\uA740|\uA742|\uA744|\uA7A2/g), "K");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u004C|\u24C1|\uFF2C|\u013F|\u0139|\u013D|\u1E36|\u1E38|\u013B|\u1E3C|\u1E3A|\u0141|\u023D|\u2C62|\u2C60|\uA748|\uA746|\uA780/g), "L");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01C7/g), "LJ");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01C8/g), "Lj");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u004D|\u24C2|\uFF2D|\u1E3E|\u1E40|\u1E42|\u2C6E|\u019C/g), "M");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u004E|\u24C3|\uFF2E|\u01F8|\u0143|\u00D1|\u1E44|\u0147|\u1E46|\u0145|\u1E4A|\u1E48|\u0220|\u019D|\uA790|\uA7A4/g), "N");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01CA/g), "NJ");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01CB/g), "Nj");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u004F|\u24C4|\uFF2F|\u00D2|\u00D3|\u00D4|\u1ED2|\u1ED0|\u1ED6|\u1ED4|\u00D5|\u1E4C|\u022C|\u1E4E|\u014C|\u1E50|\u1E52|\u014E|\u022E|\u0230|\u00D6|\u022A|\u1ECE|\u0150|\u01D1|\u020C|\u020E|\u01A0|\u1EDC|\u1EDA|\u1EE0|\u1EDE|\u1EE2|\u1ECC|\u1ED8|\u01EA|\u01EC|\u00D8|\u01FE|\u0186|\u019F|\uA74A|\uA74C/g), "O");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01A2/g), "OI");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA74E/g), "OO");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0222/g), "OU");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0050|\u24C5|\uFF30|\u1E54|\u1E56|\u01A4|\u2C63|\uA750|\uA752|\uA754/g), "P");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0051|\u24C6|\uFF31|\uA756|\uA758|\u024A/g), "Q");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0052|\u24C7|\uFF32|\u0154|\u1E58|\u0158|\u0210|\u0212|\u1E5A|\u1E5C|\u0156|\u1E5E|\u024C|\u2C64|\uA75A|\uA7A6|\uA782/g), "R");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0053|\u24C8|\uFF33|\u1E9E|\u015A|\u1E64|\u015C|\u1E60|\u0160|\u1E66|\u1E62|\u1E68|\u0218|\u015E|\u2C7E|\uA7A8|\uA784/g), "S");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0054|\u24C9|\uFF34|\u1E6A|\u0164|\u1E6C|\u021A|\u0162|\u1E70|\u1E6E|\u0166|\u01AC|\u01AE|\u023E|\uA786/g), "T");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA728/g), "TZ");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0055|\u24CA|\uFF35|\u00D9|\u00DA|\u00DB|\u0168|\u1E78|\u016A|\u1E7A|\u016C|\u00DC|\u01DB|\u01D7|\u01D5|\u01D9|\u1EE6|\u016E|\u0170|\u01D3|\u0214|\u0216|\u01AF|\u1EEA|\u1EE8|\u1EEE|\u1EEC|\u1EF0|\u1EE4|\u1E72|\u0172|\u1E76|\u1E74|\u0244/g), "U");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0056|\u24CB|\uFF36|\u1E7C|\u1E7E|\u01B2|\uA75E|\u0245/g), "V");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA760/g), "VY");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0057|\u24CC|\uFF37|\u1E80|\u1E82|\u0174|\u1E86|\u1E84|\u1E88|\u2C72/g), "W");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0058|\u24CD|\uFF38|\u1E8A|\u1E8C/g), "X");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0059|\u24CE|\uFF39|\u1EF2|\u00DD|\u0176|\u1EF8|\u0232|\u1E8E|\u0178|\u1EF6|\u1EF4|\u01B3|\u024E|\u1EFE/g), "Y");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u005A|\u24CF|\uFF3A|\u0179|\u1E90|\u017B|\u017D|\u1E92|\u1E94|\u01B5|\u0224|\u2C7F|\u2C6B|\uA762/g), "Z");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0061|\u24D0|\uFF41|\u1E9A|\u00E0|\u00E1|\u00E2|\u1EA7|\u1EA5|\u1EAB|\u1EA9|\u00E3|\u0101|\u0103|\u1EB1|\u1EAF|\u1EB5|\u1EB3|\u0227|\u01E1|\u00E4|\u01DF|\u00E5|\u01FB|\u01CE|\u0201|\u0203|\u1EA1|\u1EAD|\u1EB7|\u1E01|\u0105|\u2C65|\u0250/g), "a");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA733/g), "aa");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u00E6|\u01FD|\u01E3/g), "ae");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA735/g), "ao");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA737/g), "au");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA739|\uA73B/g), "av");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA73D/g), "ay");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0062|\u24D1|\uFF42|\u1E03|\u1E05|\u1E07|\u0180|\u0183|\u0253/g), "b");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0063|\u24D2|\uFF43|\u0107|\u0109|\u010B|\u010D|\u00E7|\u1E09|\u0188|\u023C|\uA73F|\u2184/g), "c");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0064|\u24D3|\uFF44|\u1E0B|\u010F|\u1E0D|\u1E11|\u1E13|\u1E0F|\u0111|\u018C|\u0256|\u0257|\uA77A/g), "d");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01F3|\u01C6/g), "dz");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0065|\u24D4|\uFF45|\u00E8|\u00E9|\u00EA|\u1EC1|\u1EBF|\u1EC5|\u1EC3|\u1EBD|\u0113|\u1E15|\u1E17|\u0115|\u0117|\u00EB|\u1EBB|\u011B|\u0205|\u0207|\u1EB9|\u1EC7|\u0229|\u1E1D|\u0119|\u1E19|\u1E1B|\u0247|\u025B|\u01DD/g), "e");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0066|\u24D5|\uFF46|\u1E1F|\u0192|\uA77C/g), "f");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0067|\u24D6|\uFF47|\u01F5|\u011D|\u1E21|\u011F|\u0121|\u01E7|\u0123|\u01E5|\u0260|\uA7A1|\u1D79|\uA77F/g), "g");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0068|\u24D7|\uFF48|\u0125|\u1E23|\u1E27|\u021F|\u1E25|\u1E29|\u1E2B|\u1E96|\u0127|\u2C68|\u2C76|\u0265/g), "h");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0195/g), "hv");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0069|\u24D8|\uFF49|\u00EC|\u00ED|\u00EE|\u0129|\u012B|\u012D|\u00EF|\u1E2F|\u1EC9|\u01D0|\u0209|\u020B|\u1ECB|\u012F|\u1E2D|\u0268|\u0131/g), "i");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u006A|\u24D9|\uFF4A|\u0135|\u01F0|\u0249/g), "j");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u006B|\u24DA|\uFF4B|\u1E31|\u01E9|\u1E33|\u0137|\u1E35|\u0199|\u2C6A|\uA741|\uA743|\uA745|\uA7A3/g), "k");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u006C|\u24DB|\uFF4C|\u0140|\u013A|\u013E|\u1E37|\u1E39|\u013C|\u1E3D|\u1E3B|\u017F|\u0142|\u019A|\u026B|\u2C61|\uA749|\uA781|\uA747/g), "l");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01C9/g), "lj");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u006D|\u24DC|\uFF4D|\u1E3F|\u1E41|\u1E43|\u0271|\u026F/g), "m");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u006E|\u24DD|\uFF4E|\u01F9|\u0144|\u00F1|\u1E45|\u0148|\u1E47|\u0146|\u1E4B|\u1E49|\u019E|\u0272|\u0149|\uA791|\uA7A5/g), "n");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01CC/g), "nj");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u006F|\u24DE|\uFF4F|\u00F2|\u00F3|\u00F4|\u1ED3|\u1ED1|\u1ED7|\u1ED5|\u00F5|\u1E4D|\u022D|\u1E4F|\u014D|\u1E51|\u1E53|\u014F|\u022F|\u0231|\u00F6|\u022B|\u1ECF|\u0151|\u01D2|\u020D|\u020F|\u01A1|\u1EDD|\u1EDB|\u1EE1|\u1EDF|\u1EE3|\u1ECD|\u1ED9|\u01EB|\u01ED|\u00F8|\u01FF|\u0254|\uA74B|\uA74D|\u0275/g), "o");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u01A3/g), "oi");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0223/g), "ou");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA74F/g), "oo");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0070|\u24DF|\uFF50|\u1E55|\u1E57|\u01A5|\u1D7D|\uA751|\uA753|\uA755/g), "p");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0071|\u24E0|\uFF51|\u024B|\uA757|\uA759/g), "q");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0072|\u24E1|\uFF52|\u0155|\u1E59|\u0159|\u0211|\u0213|\u1E5B|\u1E5D|\u0157|\u1E5F|\u024D|\u027D|\uA75B|\uA7A7|\uA783/g), "r");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0073|\u24E2|\uFF53|\u00DF|\u015B|\u1E65|\u015D|\u1E61|\u0161|\u1E67|\u1E63|\u1E69|\u0219|\u015F|\u023F|\uA7A9|\uA785|\u1E9B/g), "s");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0074|\u24E3|\uFF54|\u1E6B|\u1E97|\u0165|\u1E6D|\u021B|\u0163|\u1E71|\u1E6F|\u0167|\u01AD|\u0288|\u2C66|\uA787/g), "t");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA729/g), "tz");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0075|\u24E4|\uFF55|\u00F9|\u00FA|\u00FB|\u0169|\u1E79|\u016B|\u1E7B|\u016D|\u00FC|\u01DC|\u01D8|\u01D6|\u01DA|\u1EE7|\u016F|\u0171|\u01D4|\u0215|\u0217|\u01B0|\u1EEB|\u1EE9|\u1EEF|\u1EED|\u1EF1|\u1EE5|\u1E73|\u0173|\u1E77|\u1E75|\u0289/g), "u");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0076|\u24E5|\uFF56|\u1E7D|\u1E7F|\u028B|\uA75F|\u028C/g), "v");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\uA761/g), "vy");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0077|\u24E6|\uFF57|\u1E81|\u1E83|\u0175|\u1E87|\u1E85|\u1E98|\u1E89|\u2C73/g), "w");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0078|\u24E7|\uFF58|\u1E8B|\u1E8D/g), "x");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u0079|\u24E8|\uFF59|\u1EF3|\u00FD|\u0177|\u1EF9|\u0233|\u1E8F|\u00FF|\u1EF7|\u1E99|\u1EF5|\u01B4|\u024F|\u1EFF/g), "y");
	name = name.replace(new RegExp(/\u007A|\u24E9|\uFF5A|\u017A|\u1E91|\u017C|\u017E|\u1E93|\u1E95|\u01B6|\u0225|\u0240|\u2C6C|\uA763/g), "z");

        // Replace other things
	name = name.replace(/ /g, "");
	name = name.replace(/-/g, "");
	name = name.replace(/§/g, "");
	name = name.replace(/'/g, "");
	name = name.replace(/`/g, "");
	name = name.replace(/´/g, "");


	return name;
}

As I use this mainly for usernames and duplicate checks, throw out the last 6 rows if not needed. Found the Regexp replacements in the web some years ago.

Should be quite complete. Some weeks ago had a problem when ServiceNow send a Cyrillic "O" which was already transliterated there. Don't know either why, probably some two byte leftover.

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