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NJ13
Helper I
Helper I

Count if

Hello All, 

I need some help please, I want to calculate using count if for a text column, i have a column with words such as boy ; girl ; child ; family ; And ; model and different other combinations for 34 lines.

I am trying to calculate count if that contains a boy (one of each in the sentence above) and it is not returning any numbers.

 

thank you for your help!

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Samarth_18
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @ ,

 

You can create a measure like this:-

Measure =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Table'[Column1] ),
    CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Table'[Column1], "boy" )
)

 

Thanks,

Samarth

Best Regards,
Samarth

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NJ13
Helper I
Helper I

Thank you

NJ13
Helper I
Helper I

thank you so much, how about if i want multiple strings?

Samarth_18
Community Champion
Community Champion

You can try like:-

Measure =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Table'[Column1] ),
    CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Table'[Column1], "boy" ) ||
    CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Table'[Column1], "girl" ) ||
    CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Table'[Column1], "child" 
)

Best Regards,
Samarth

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Samarth_18
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @ ,

 

You can create a measure like this:-

Measure =
CALCULATE (
    COUNT ( 'Table'[Column1] ),
    CONTAINSSTRING ( 'Table'[Column1], "boy" )
)

 

Thanks,

Samarth

Best Regards,
Samarth

If this post helps, please consider accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Appreciate your Kudos!!
Connect on Linkedin

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