"Contains" in Dax measure - workaround wanted

[cn4422]

Hi guys,

I'm using the following DAX measure:

Sum Spend =

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name]="AC01" && 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign]="[AT]-Lead-Ads-2024")

So I'm filtering by Account Name and Campaign Name.

The thing is, I have more campaigns, all starting with [AT]... and I would like to put something like "Contains [AT]", which doesn't work. Also, in the future there might be more campaigns added, so it needs to be automatic.

Do you know of any good workaround for this problem?

Thx in advance! 😊

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Sum Spend FB AT Test Filter =

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0)

[lbendlin]

You can use FIND/SEARCH or LEFT  for that

Text functions (DAX) - DAX | Microsoft Learn

[cn4422]

Thanks for your reply.

I tried LEFT, but couldn't mange to get it working.

Then I tried the following with SEARCH:

Sum Spend FB AT Test Filter =

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0))

However, I get the following error message:

Cannot convert value '02 GA4' of type Text to type True/False.

Any idea about that?

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Sum Spend FB AT Test Filter =

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0)

[cn4422]

Hi,

one more question regarding this issue.

Is it possible to include an "or"-condition for the SEARCH("[AT"]... - something like:
SEARCH("[AT]" || "[DE]", ? 

[lbendlin]

Yes, run two searches and OR the results.

[cn4422]

Like this?

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0) ||
'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[DE]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0)

[cn4422]

@lbendlin Could you perhaps have one more look at this issue?

Is it possible to include an "or"-condition for the SEARCH("[AT"]

You suggested:

Yes, run two searches and OR the results.

I tried this but it didn't work:

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0) ||
'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name] && SEARCH("[DE]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0)

Thank you!

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

What is 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name]  supposed to achieve in that formula?

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0) ||
SEARCH("[DE]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign], 1, 0)>0)
)

[cn4422]

@lbendlin Ah thank you very much.

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@lbendlin wrote:

What is 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name]  supposed to achieve in that formula?

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Actually, the "Test" is missing...

Sum Spend FB AT Test Contains OR =

CALCULATE(SUM('FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[spend]),

'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name]="Test" && SEARCH("[AT]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign],1,0) ||

SEARCH("[DE]", 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[campaign],1,0))

[cn4422]

Hm, unfortunately the same error message keeps appearing... 🤔

Do you have any other suggestions? 

[lbendlin]

What's 'FB_GA_GA4_This Year'[account_name]  supposed to do?

[cn4422]

Ahh, my bad, it worked, I just had a typo in it.

Thank you so much, made my day! 🤗