Extract text after/before certain symbol

[Rasmusrock]

Hi all,

How can i extract the text from each side of a symbol in DAX?

I have tried to apply the following formula: =LEFT(B2;(FIND("/";B2;1)-1)) , which works in excel.

However, when i use the following formula: =LEFT([GRUPPE];(FIND("/";[GRUPPE];1)-1)) , in powerpivot, referencing the column that i want to look up, it returns the following error:

"The search Text provided to function 'FIND' could not be found in the given text"

What am i doing wrong?

Best regards

Rasmus Röck

[PavelR · Accepted solution]

@Rasmusrock you have to use the fourth (conditional) parameter of the FIND function - it is used when the text which has to be found is not found - you have data where the "/" is not contained.

Then will your formula work.

Regards.

Pavel

[Rasmusrock]

Hi @PavelR,

Thank you very much for your reply.

I think it solved the initial problem, however, i am stilling getting an error. The error i get now is:

"Calculation error in column 'Varegrupper'[]: Cannot convert value 'Outdoor Living/Flower pots' of type Text to type Integer."

For info, 'varegrupper' is the tab i am working in, and 'outdoor living/flower pots' is one of the text strings i am trying to dissolve so i have one column with the 'outdoor living' part and one with the 'flower pots' part.

Hope you can help,

/Rasmus

[PavelR]

@Rasmusrock

please show me syntax of your whole formula.

Pavel

[Rasmusrock]

hi @PavelR,

I fixed it using your advice, thank you very much 🙂

/Rasmus