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Anonymous
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Count rows if a value from a columns begins with a specific word.

Hello,

 

I am trying to create a Measure that will count only rows from a table if one of the columns begins with the word "MAIN*".

 

what I currently have and it is not working is:

Shipped Mains TEST =
CALCULATE(COUNTROWS('Activity'), 'Activity'[sku] = "MAIN*")

 

I could not find a topic that clearly describes what are the wildcards that can be used in Power BI and how to use them exactly.

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amitchandak
Super User
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@Anonymous , Try like

 


Shipped Mains TEST =
CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(filter('Activity' , left('Activity'[sku],4) = "MAIN") ))

 

or

 


Shipped Mains TEST =
CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(filter('Activity' , Search("MAIN", [sku] ,,0) =1 ) ))

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Anonymous
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@amitchandak ,

Thank you, I have used:
CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(filter('Activity' , Search("MAIN", [sku] ,,0) =1 ) ))

and it works just fine!


amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Try like

 


Shipped Mains TEST =
CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(filter('Activity' , left('Activity'[sku],4) = "MAIN") ))

 

or

 


Shipped Mains TEST =
CALCULATE(COUNTROWS(filter('Activity' , Search("MAIN", [sku] ,,0) =1 ) ))

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I am trying to create a Measure that will count only rows from a table if one of the columns begins with the word "Graduate" or " Foundation". I tried to use the below measure to calculate the count of Graduate it works .May I know the wildcard to include columns begins with the word "Graduate" or " Foundation".

Measure = Calculate(COUNTROWS(FILTER('Append3', left('Append3'[Course Name],8) = "Graduate")))

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