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Post Patron

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

4 years ago

Hi OPS-MLTSD ,

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)
)

davehus

Memorable Member

4 years ago

Try this.

CALCULATE(

COUNT(clients[CLIENT_ID]),Filter(

SEARCH("University",clients[School],1,0) > 0&&clients[start_date]>= '2021-03-16'))

OPS-MLTSD

Post Patron

4 years ago

thank you, for some reason, this is not working for me, I copied and pasted this exact dax

hnguy71
Super User
4 years ago
Hi OPS-MLTSD ,

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) )
- OPS-MLTSD
  Post Patron
  4 years ago
  it worked! thank you so much 🙂
- OPS-MLTSD
  Post Patron
  4 years ago
  hnguy71 quick question, what is I wanted to search of two items, "Unniversity" and "College"? Would I use something like this?
  
  CALCULATE( COUNT(clients[CLIENT_ID]), OR(SEARCH("UNIVERSITY", "College", clients[School], 1, 0)) > 0, clients[start_date] >= DATE(2021, 03, 16) )