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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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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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Thank you
thank you so much, how about if i want multiple strings?
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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Appreciate your Kudos!!
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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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