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dubya
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Attempting to count affected rows, not total occurrences of a keyword!

Hello, 

 

I am attempting to count the number of application's comments that include a key word, not the total count of the keyword. 

 

i.e. creating the measure on the right from the table on the left. 

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I have put together this measure, but this counts the total amount of keyword occurences. 

 

Applications with Keywords Count Measure =
VAR _search_word =
    SELECTEDVALUE ('Keywords Table'[Keywords])
VAR _result =
    CALCULATE (
        COUNTROWS ( 'Application Detail Table' ),
        CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Application Detail Table'[Comments], _search_word )
    )
RETURN
    _result
 
Please help!
 
Thank you! 
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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Does it have to be DAX?

 

Keywords:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wcs/PT1GK1YlWcixLLUpMTwWznRKBYrEA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Keyword = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Application count", (k)=> Table.RowCount(Table.SelectRows(#"Application Detail",each Text.PositionOf([Comments],k[Keyword])>-1)),Int64.Type)
in
    #"Added Custom"

 

Application Count DAX = var k=[Keyword] return CALCULATE(countrows('Application Detail'),SEARCH(k,'Application Detail'[Comments],,0)>0)

 

lbendlin_0-1729636808135.png

 

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @dubya ,

 

You can try the following dax expression.

ApplicationsWithKeywordCount = 
VAR Keyword = SELECTEDVALUE('Keywords Table'[Keywords])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT('Application Detail Table'[Application #]),
    SEARCH(Keyword, 'Application Detail Table'[Comments], 1, 0) > 0
)

vkaiyuemsft_0-1729667518901.png

 

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

 

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @dubya ,

 

You can try the following dax expression.

ApplicationsWithKeywordCount = 
VAR Keyword = SELECTEDVALUE('Keywords Table'[Keywords])
RETURN
CALCULATE(
    DISTINCTCOUNT('Application Detail Table'[Application #]),
    SEARCH(Keyword, 'Application Detail Table'[Comments], 1, 0) > 0
)

vkaiyuemsft_0-1729667518901.png

 

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

 

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Does it have to be DAX?

 

Keywords:

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wcs/PT1GK1YlWcixLLUpMTwWznRKBYrEA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Keyword = _t]),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Application count", (k)=> Table.RowCount(Table.SelectRows(#"Application Detail",each Text.PositionOf([Comments],k[Keyword])>-1)),Int64.Type)
in
    #"Added Custom"

 

Application Count DAX = var k=[Keyword] return CALCULATE(countrows('Application Detail'),SEARCH(k,'Application Detail'[Comments],,0)>0)

 

lbendlin_0-1729636808135.png

 

 

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