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Anonymous
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4 years ago
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DAX equivalent to %LIKE% in sql - to count IDs

Hello,   I am trying to do a simple count in Power BI using dax.    In sql, I would simply use this function to pull my data:   Select count (distinct Client_ID) Client_ID from table Where st...
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  • hnguy71's avatar
    hnguy71
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    You may be trying to compare a date field against a string value. This should work:

    CALCULATE(
    COUNT(clients[CLIENT_ID]), 
        SEARCH("UNIVERSITY", clients[School], 1, 0) > 0,
        clients[start_date] >= DATE(2021, 03, 16)
)
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davehus
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4 years ago

Hi, 

 

Have you tried just adding a column in PowerQuery and use a conditional column to say if column contains University then 1 else 0. Then use this column in place of the search function using and Filter(&&) clause at the end of the calculate measure.