diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5dab7f..9c85702 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.jlo.talendcomp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jlo-talendcomp-saprfc</artifactId>
-	<version>1.4</version>
+	<version>1.5</version>
 	<properties>
 		<encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
 	</properties>
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 			<groupId>com.sap.jco</groupId>
 			<artifactId>sapjco</artifactId>
 			<version>3.0.21</version>
-			<scope>system</scope>
-			<!-- eclipse complains here a missing absolute path, but works nevertheless -->
-			<!-- set the path in your maven settings -->
-			<systemPath>${sapjco3Path}</systemPath>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/TextSplitter.java b/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/TextSplitter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f908f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/TextSplitter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package de.jlo.talendcomp.sap;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TextSplitter {
+	
+	public static List<String> split(String text, char delimiter) {
+		List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		if (text != null) {
+			text = text.trim();
+			boolean inLiteral = false;
+			int i = 0;
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			for (; i < text.length(); i++) {
+				char c = text.charAt(i);
+				if (c == '\'') {
+					if (inLiteral == false) {
+						inLiteral = true;
+					} else {
+						inLiteral = false;
+					}
+				}
+				if (inLiteral) {
+					sb.append(c);
+				} else {
+					if (c == delimiter) {
+						// found delimiter to cut
+						// but ignore 2 following delimiter
+						String part = sb.toString();
+						if (part.trim().isEmpty() == false) {
+							result.add(part);
+						}
+						sb.setLength(0); // reset string buffer
+					} else {
+						sb.append(c);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			String lastPart = sb.toString();
+			if (lastPart.trim().isEmpty() == false) {
+				result.add(lastPart);
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+	
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TableInputImpl.java b/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TableInputImpl.java
index b3906f6..d21aa50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TableInputImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TableInputImpl.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
 
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.sap.conn.jco.rt.DefaultTable;
 
 import de.jlo.talendcomp.sap.TableInput;
+import de.jlo.talendcomp.sap.TextSplitter;
 
 /**
  * Copyright 2023 Jan Lolling jan.lolling@gmail.com
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class TableInputImpl implements TableInput {
 	private Integer rowCount = null;
 	private Integer rowSkip = null;
 	private String functionDescription = null;
-	private String filter72Separator = "\\";
+	private char filterPartSeparator = ';';
 	
 	/**
 	 * Create an instance if TableInput
@@ -113,18 +113,19 @@ public void execute() throws Exception {
 		}
 		JCoParameterList tableParameterList = function.getTableParameterList();
 		// add where condition
-		if (filter != null) {
-			if (filter.length() > 72) {
-				throw new Exception("Filter expression: <" + filter + "> is longer than 72 chars. The function does not allows filter expressions longer than 72 chars.");
-			} else {
-				JCoTable tableInputOptions = tableParameterList.getTable("OPTIONS");
-				tableInputOptions.appendRows(1);
-				tableInputOptions.firstRow();
-				tableInputOptions.setValue("TEXT", filter);
+		List<String> filterPartList = TextSplitter.split(filter, filterPartSeparator);
+		if (filterPartList.size() > 0) {
+			JCoTable tableInputOptions = tableParameterList.getTable("OPTIONS");
+			tableInputOptions.appendRows(filterPartList.size());
+			tableInputOptions.firstRow();
+			for (String part : filterPartList) {
+				if (part.length() > 72) {
+					throw new Exception("The filter expression: <" + filter + "> contains a part which is larger than 72 chars. Affected part: <"+ part + ">. Please split the filter with: <" + filterPartSeparator + "> into parts smaller than 72 chars");
+				}
+				tableInputOptions.setValue("TEXT", part);
 				tableInputOptions.nextRow();
 			}
 		}
-
 		// add fields
 		if (listFields.isEmpty()) {
 			throw new Exception("List of expected fields cannot not be empty");
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TestTextSplitter.java b/src/test/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TestTextSplitter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0337d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/de/jlo/talendcomp/sap/impl/TestTextSplitter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package de.jlo.talendcomp.sap.impl;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import de.jlo.talendcomp.sap.TextSplitter;
+
+public class TestTextSplitter {
+	
+	@Test
+	public void test1() {
+		String input = "';';T1;T2; ;T3";
+		List<String> result = TextSplitter.split(input, ';');
+		for (String s : result) {
+			System.out.println(">" + s);
+		}
+		assertTrue("Count parts incorrect: " + result.size(), result.size() == 4);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test2() {
+		String input = "';'";
+		List<String> result = TextSplitter.split(input, ';');
+		for (String s : result) {
+			System.out.println(">" + s);
+		}
+		assertTrue("Count parts incorrect: " + result.size(), result.size() == 1);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test3() {
+		String input = "abcd  efg";
+		List<String> result = TextSplitter.split(input, ';');
+		for (String s : result) {
+			System.out.println(">" + s);
+		}
+		assertTrue("Count parts incorrect: " + result.size(), result.size() == 1);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test4() {
+		String input = "";
+		List<String> result = TextSplitter.split(input, ';');
+		for (String s : result) {
+			System.out.println(">" + s);
+		}
+		assertTrue("Count parts incorrect: " + result.size(), result.size() == 0);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test5() {
+		String input = " ; ";
+		List<String> result = TextSplitter.split(input, ';');
+		for (String s : result) {
+			System.out.println(">" + s);
+		}
+		assertTrue("Count parts incorrect: " + result.size(), result.size() == 0);
+	}
+
+}