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OPS-MLTSD
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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 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)
)
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hnguy71
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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)
)
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OPS-MLTSD
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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)
)