Count if DAX measure needed for 'Contains' text filter

[nmckeown1]

I need to create a measure that will calculate the rows containing text, but the text in one cell has many other wordds. I 

I can use the advanced filter option for 'Contains' and it will populate the correct amount including all text that contains atleast the desired text:

For example

I need to create a dax measure that allows me to countIF the text contains "blocking"

I have a column that contains the data:

Blocking

Exclusion

Blocking;Exclusion;Services

Blocking;Services;Debt

So all cells containing ATLEAST 'Blocking' should = 3

I have tried:
Calculate(
[TotalClients],filter ( 'table','table, signposted IN {"Blocking"} ) 
)

Any ideas?

[Wilson_ · Accepted solution]

Hi nmckeown1,

Try this:

VAR BlockingFilter =
FILTER (
    VALUES ( 'Table'[sign_posting] ),
    SEARCH ( "Blocking", 'Table'[sign_posting],, -1 ) <> -1
)

RETURN
CALCULATE (
    [Total Clients],
    BlockingFilter
)

(P.S.: Don't filter a whole table in your FILTER function. That tends to result in poor performance because you're retrieving columns you don't actually need.)

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[nmckeown1]

This worked perfectly!

Thank you so much

[Wilson_]

Awesome, thanks for the update. Happy to help! 😄