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JayTG123
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4 years ago
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Adding text together in one column

Hi all,    I am struggling with how to sum the individual values in the reasons_for_refusal column (screenshot below)   So what I am trying to achieve is the total of all rows which contains RC10...
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  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    4 years ago

    Hi,

    Ideally, in the Query Editor, you should first use the Split column > By delimiter and in the Advanced optios, select rows.  This will ensure that each cell has only one reason.  Then you can write this measure

    Number of reasons = counta(Data[reasons_for_refusal])

    Hope this helps.

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parry2k
Super User
4 years ago

JayTG123 you can write a measure:

 

Sum = 
CALCULATE ( SUM ( Table[Amount], CONTAINSSTRING ( Table[Your Column], "RC10" ) )

 

As a best practice, split your column into rows in power query and then it should be straightforward.

 

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JayTG123's avatar
JayTG123
Advocate I
4 years ago

Hi parry2k thanks for the reply. I have split the column and attempted the dax formula but I am now recieving the generic error message: "the function sum cannot work with values of type string power bi"

Jay