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Abawde1
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Calculated Column: Count string within column

I want to be able to count within a table, the number of times a value appears within a column.

 

For example i have the data below with 5 employees. And a [Hierarchy Path] string column.
I want to be able to count the number of times the [Employee] appears within the Column, [Hierarchy path].

Employee         Hierarhy Path         Column String Count         
AAEE | AA4
BBEE | AA | BB1
CCEE | AA | CC1
DDEE | AA | DD1
EEEE5
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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Abawde1 ,

a new column

=

var _emp = [Employee]

return

countx(filter(Table, search(_emp, [Hierarhy Path],,0) >0) , [Employee])

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amitchandak
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Super User

@Abawde1 ,

a new column

=

var _emp = [Employee]

return

countx(filter(Table, search(_emp, [Hierarhy Path],,0) >0) , [Employee])

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Thank you amitchandak, works perfect

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