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Worstkees
Frequent Visitor

Doing a search against multiple strings

Hi,

 

The below should be relatively easy to fix in DAX but somehow I do not succeed.

 

For simplicity sake here is a dummy fact table:

 

ID

Content

Required Column

1

Text1,text2text3,text4,text5

2plus4

2

Text1

other

3

Text2,Text4

2plus4

4

Text1,text5

1pus5

5

Text1,Text4,Text5

1plus5

6

Text0Text2text99

Text2

7

Text 18

Other

 

I try to get a new (calculated) column that checks in the following order:

  1. Is “text2” and “text4” part of the content column? If so the new column should show “2plus4”
  2. Is “text1” and “text5” part of the content column? If so the new column should show “1plus5”
  3. Is there another column that contains “text2? If so the new column should “Text2”
  4. In all other cases the new column should show “Other”

 

Your help is appreciated,

(Worst)Kees

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Worstkees , A new column like

 

Switch( True() ,
containsstring([Content],"text2") && containsstring([Content],"text2") , "2plus4",
containsstring([Content],"text1") && containsstring([Content],"text5") , "1plus5",
containsstring([Content],"text2"), "text2",
"Other")

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Worstkees
Frequent Visitor

@amitchandak thanks, this is brilliant.

Do you have any idea why "?" or "/?" is not working for my "text2" while if I use any other combination of characters, it works? No big deal (I created a workaround) but just curious.

Kind regatds & thanks again,
(Worst)Kees

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Worstkees , A new column like

 

Switch( True() ,
containsstring([Content],"text2") && containsstring([Content],"text2") , "2plus4",
containsstring([Content],"text1") && containsstring([Content],"text5") , "1plus5",
containsstring([Content],"text2"), "text2",
"Other")

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