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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

@amitchandak ,

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

and it works just fine!

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@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 ) ))

[vidhyaprem]

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")))