DAX returning 2 values when only 1 is selected

[LYBridges]

This is basically a DAX to abbreviate words to 1 or 2 letters and then list them and eliminate trailing commas.  If only Pre-Risk is selected, it keeps returning "PR,R".  It should just return "PR". 

RQDel =

VAR PreRisk = IF(CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk"), "PR", "")

VAR Risk = IF(CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Risk"), "R", "")

VAR Quality = IF(CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Quality"), "Q", "")

RETURN

TRIM (

    IF(PreRisk <> "", PreRisk & IF(Risk <> "" || Quality <> "", ",", ""), "") &

    IF(Risk <> "", Risk & IF(Quality <> "", ",", ""), "") &

    Quality

)

[v-hashadapu]

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Thank you.

[v-hashadapu]

Hi @LYBridges , Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.

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Thank you.

[LYBridges · Accepted solution]

This is the solution that finally worked - 

RQDel =

SWITCH(

    TRUE(),

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk") && CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], ", Risk") && CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], ", Quality"), "PR, R, Q",

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk") && CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], ", Quality"), "PR, Q",

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk") && CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], ", Risk"), "PR, R",

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Risk") && CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], ", Quality"), "R, Q",

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk"), "PR",

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Risk"), "R",

    CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Delegated Services], "Quality"), "Q",

         "")

[v-hashadapu]

Hi @LYBridges , Thanks for the update. We are happy to hear that you have resolved the issue. Thanks for sharing the details here. Please mark your insights 'Accept as solution' to help others with similar problems find it easily. 
Thank you.

[tamerj1]

Hi @LYBridges 

Make sure to include a space before and after Risk so it becomes " Risk "

RQDel =
CONCATENATEX (
FILTER (
ADDCOLUMNS (
{ ( 1, "Pre-Risk", "PR" ), ( 2, " Risk ", "R" ), ( 3, "Quality", "Q" ) },
"@Result", IF ( CONTAINSSTRING ( Pipeline[Ops Delegated Services], [Value2] ), [Value3] )
),
NOT ISBLANK ( [@Result] )
),
[@Result],
",",
[Value1], ASC
)

[LYBridges]

Thanks for a new take on this!

I tried it out and these are the results based on what is currently in the data source. 

Correct returned values - 

If the source column has Pre-Risk, it correctly returns PR. 

Incorrect returned vaules - 

If the source coulmn has all 3, it returns only PR,Q.

If the source column has Pre-Risk and Risk, it returns only PR

If the source column has Risk and Quality, it returns only Q. 

If the source column has Risk, it returns a blank. 

I have a multi-select/mulit-choice column that can have any combination of 18 different choices. 

For the new column/DAX I'm trying to create, we are only interested in the choices Pre-Risk, Risk and/or Quality.

For each row, we want to know which one or which combination of choices were selected. Due to limited space, we are trimming down to just abbreviations (PR, R, Q).

So the new column will have one or any combination of PR, R, Q displayed based on the multi-select column in the source. 

[tamerj1]

@LYBridges 

Depending on how Risk is written in the source. It might be " Risk" or " Risk,". This is something you can find out by looking at some values of the source column. 

[LYBridges]

It shows up as " Risk,".

I'll try that.

Thanks so much. Love the approach. 

[techies]

Hi @LYBridges please  check this

VAR PreRisk = IF(EXACT('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk"), "PR", "")

VAR Risk = IF(CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Risk") && NOT CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Pre-Risk"), "R", "")

VAR Quality = IF(CONTAINSSTRING('Pipeline'[Ops Delegated Services], "Quality"), "Q", "")

RETURN

TRIM (

    IF(PreRisk <> "", PreRisk & IF(Risk <> "" || Quality <> "", ",", ""), "") &

    IF(Risk <> "", Risk & IF(Quality <> "", ",", ""), "") &

    Quality

)

[LYBridges]

I spoke too soon. This now returns too few values.

Incorrect returned value - 

If the source coulmn has all 3, it is only returning Q.

If the source column has Pre-Risk and Risk, it returns no abbreviation. 

Correct return values 

If the source column has Risk and Quality, it correctly returns R,Q. 

If the source column has Pre-Risk, it correctly returns PR. 

If the source column has Risk, it correctly returns R. 

I have a multi-select/mulit-choice column that can have any combination of 18 different choices. 

For the new column/DAX I'm trying to create, we are only interested in the choices Pre-Risk, Risk and/or Quality.

For each row, we want to know which one or which combination of choices were selected. Due to limited space, we are trimming down to just abbreviations (PR, R, Q).

So the new column will have one or any combination of PR, R, Q displayed based on the multi-select column in the source. 

[techies]

Hi @LYBridges please check this then

VAR TextValue = 'Table'[Ops Delegated Services]

VAR PreRiskExists = SEARCH("Pre-Risk", TextValue, 1, 0) > 0

VAR RiskExists = SEARCH(" Risk", " " & TextValue & " ", 1, 0) > 0

VAR QualityExists = SEARCH("Quality", TextValue, 1, 0) > 0

VAR PreRisk = IF(PreRiskExists, "PR", "")

VAR Risk = IF(RiskExists, "R", "")

VAR Quality = IF(QualityExists, "Q", "")

RETURN

TRIM(

    CONCATENATEX(

        FILTER(

            { PreRisk, Risk, Quality },

            NOT(ISBLANK([Value])) && [Value] <> ""

        ),

        [Value],

        ","

    )

)

[Greg_Deckler]

@LYBridges Well, yeah, because "Pre-Risk" also contains the word "Risk" so that's the logical outcome of what you have coded. The real question, what do you actually expect the output to be and can you provide sample data?