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Counting specific words on a string (in DAX)

Luzadriana255 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:37:44 GMT

Hello,

In Power BI, I have a table with a column called Status that combines different words with 4 characters. I need to count how many times each of these 4 character words appears in the Status column. I need to do it in DAX and not in Power Query because i got the column status after other calculations in DAX. Thank you for your help!

For example

RERE= 4

BABA= 3

WEWE = 2

STST= 2

(Empty)=1

STATUS

RERE, WEWE

RERE, BABA

RERE, BABA,STST

RERE, BABA,STST,WEWE

Re: Counting specific words on a string (in DAX)

Greg_Deckler — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:52:09 GMT

Luzadriana255 Try:

Measure = VAR __Status = MAX('Table2'[STATUS]) VAR __Len1 = LEN(__Status) VAR __String = CONCATENATEX('Table',[STATUS],",") VAR __Len2 = LEN(__String) VAR __String2 = SUBSTITUTE(__String, __Status, "") VAR __Len3 = LEN(__String2) VAR __Num = DIVIDE(__Len2 - __Len3, __Len1) VAR __Result = IF(__Status = "", COUNTROWS(FILTER('Table',[STATUS] = "")),__Num) RETURN __Result

PBIX is attached below signature.

Re: Counting specific words on a string (in DAX)

Luzadriana255 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:07:36 GMT

Greg_Deckler thank you for your answer, unfortunately I get the same amount for all the words and that is not the right value. I was thinking to use other table where I write all the individual values. However I am not sure how to combine that. Do you have an Idea how to do it combinining the two tables? Thank you

Individual Status

RERE

BABA

STST

WEWE

Re: Counting specific words on a string (in DAX)

Greg_Deckler — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:18:44 GMT

Luzadriana255 Did you download and review the attached PBIX? Because it works there. I implemented the individual statuses as a disconnected table (in my PBIX Table2) Table2 status column is used in the visual along with the measure.

Re: Counting specific words on a string (in DAX)

Luzadriana255 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:44:30 GMT

Greg_Deckler I had not open that document before. Now it is clear and it works properly. Thank you!