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Hi All,
I am working in Power BI service using DirectQuery mode.
I want to search for keywords in a free text feld and then say true of false if the keyword can be found or not.
Ideally this would be a measure, I used a conditional column with this code:
= Table.AddColumn(#"Added Conditional Column", "SearchText", each if Text.Contains([eps_description], "FW") then "Firmware" else if Text.Contains([eps_description], "Firmware") then "Firmware" else if Text.Contains([eps_description], "Panel") then "Panel" else if Text.Contains([eps_description], "Settings") then "Settings" else false)
But I get an error "This step results in a query that is not supported in DirectQuey mode Switch all tables to import mode"
Can the above be done as a measure?
Many Thanks for your help,
Solved! Go to Solution.
Try to implement the column logic in the source table. Or, try to create a calculated column using DAX.
example:
Status =
var _x=database_file[root_path]
var _result= CONTAINSSTRING(_x,"MSSQL")
return _result
Try to implement the column logic in the source table. Or, try to create a calculated column using DAX.
example:
Status =
var _x=database_file[root_path]
var _result= CONTAINSSTRING(_x,"MSSQL")
return _result
Sorry i am new to DAX and don't really understand the example, I will ask for it to be added to the database view that I am using.
Thanks for trying to help me.
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