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Anonymous
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Filtering by text within text column

Hello amazing community!

Does anyone know if it is possible to create a mesure which will filter the column 'purpose' and return only those rows which contain exact wording, for example, 'design' as on the below screenshot?

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Many thanks for any formula suggestions!

Anna

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Anonymous
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Finally, only this formula worked:

FilterMeasure = CONVERT (CONTAINSSTRING( 'Table' [purpose], "FM"), INTEGER)

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Anonymous
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Finally, only this formula worked:

FilterMeasure = CONVERT (CONTAINSSTRING( 'Table' [purpose], "FM"), INTEGER)
tamerj1
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Hi @Anonymous 

is it only one key word or you have list of key words placed in a separate table?

If so then you can place the following measure in the filter pane of the table visual, select "is not blank" then apply the filter.

FilterMeasure =
COUNTROWS (
    FILTER (
        CROSSJOIN ( VALUES ( 'Table'[Purpose] ), VALUES ( List[KeyWord] ) ),
        CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Table'[Purpose], List[KeyWord] )
    )
)

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