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NewPBI_user
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CONTAINSSTRING and SELECTEDVALUE in COUNT function

Hello,

 

I would like to ask for help as I cannot get over the problem. 

 

I have a matrix table with several measures. These measures are different calculations of contracts for different type of service. It is filtered by service name so I used CONTAINSSTRING for it. I would like to have in the table always only one type of the product and filter it by the slicer. But I do not know how to combine the CONTAINSSTRING and SELECTEDVALUE as it does not work. Below is my measure.

 

Measure =

        CALCULATE (
            COUNT( 'Orders'[_airtableRecordId] ),
            CONTAINSSTRING('Orders'[Product],SELECTEDVALUE('Garance product'[Column 1])),
            'Orders'[State] = "Fakturace"  || 'Orders'[State] = "Active",
            USERELATIONSHIP ( 'Calendar'[Date], 'Orders'[Uhrazeno] ),
            'Orders'[Uhrazeno] <> BLANK ()
)
 
If I replace SELECTEDVALUE('Garance product'[Column 1]) by the string f.e. "12M NEO", it works. 
 
Thanks in advace.
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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Measure =
var s = SELECTEDVALUE('Garance product'[Column 1])
RETURN CALCULATE (
            COUNT( 'Orders'[_airtableRecordId] ),
            CONTAINSSTRING('Orders'[Product],s),
            'Orders'[State] IN { "Fakturace" , "Active"},
            USERELATIONSHIP ( 'Calendar'[Date], 'Orders'[Uhrazeno] )
)

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Anonymous
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Hi @NewPBI_user 

 

First of all, thanks to @lbendlin  for the quick and efficient reply.

 

If your problem is not solved yet, you can also try to use MAX to replace SELECTEDVALUE.

 

Best Regards,
Yulia Xu

 

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

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

Measure =
var s = SELECTEDVALUE('Garance product'[Column 1])
RETURN CALCULATE (
            COUNT( 'Orders'[_airtableRecordId] ),
            CONTAINSSTRING('Orders'[Product],s),
            'Orders'[State] IN { "Fakturace" , "Active"},
            USERELATIONSHIP ( 'Calendar'[Date], 'Orders'[Uhrazeno] )
)

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