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powerbifuddaa
Helper II
Helper II

Function 'CONTAINSROW' does not support comparing values of type Text with values of type True/False

Hi, hope someone can help me out with this DAX problem.

 

When I make this calculated column, it works fine:

@segmentmovement = IF(OR(RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="t",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="v"),
    IF("E02" in SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Contract History', 'Contract History'[Person_BK]=EARLIER('Contract History'[Person_BK])),"1",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])),1,0),0)
 

However, when I try to add ("E03") in this calculated column, I get an error (Function 'CONTAINSROW' does not support comparing values of type Text with values of type True/False). 

@segmentmovementV2 = IF(OR(RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="t",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="v"),
    IF(OR("E02","E03") in SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Contract History', 'Contract History'[Person_BK]=EARLIER('Contract History'[Person_BK])),"1",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])),1,0),0)

 

What do I do wrong and what can be the sollution?

Thank you very much. Regards, Elmer

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Aibloy
New Member

Hi,
OR is evaluating two expressions and must return TRUE or FALSE for each,
You can try something like that:

 

VAR _ARRAY = 
SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Contract History', 'Contract History'[Person_BK]=EARLIER('Contract History'[Person_BK])),"1",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK]))

VAR CONDITION_1 =
"EO2" IN _ARRAY

VAR CONDITION_2 =
"EO3" IN _ARRAY

RETURN
IF( OR(CONDITION_1,CONDITION2), 1,0)

 

  

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Thanx!
After mixing and trying this worked:

@segmentmovement =
VAR _ARRAY1 = SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Contract History', 'Contract History'[Person_BK]=EARLIER('Contract History'[Person_BK])),"1",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK]))
VAR _Condition_1 = "E02" IN _ARRAY1
VAR _Condition_2 = "E03" IN _ARRAY1
VAR _Condition_3 = "E04" IN _ARRAY1
RETURN
IF(OR(RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="t",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="v"),IF(_Condition_1 || _Condition_2 || _Condition_3,1,0))

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Aibloy
New Member

Hi,
OR is evaluating two expressions and must return TRUE or FALSE for each,
You can try something like that:

 

VAR _ARRAY = 
SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Contract History', 'Contract History'[Person_BK]=EARLIER('Contract History'[Person_BK])),"1",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK]))

VAR CONDITION_1 =
"EO2" IN _ARRAY

VAR CONDITION_2 =
"EO3" IN _ARRAY

RETURN
IF( OR(CONDITION_1,CONDITION2), 1,0)

 

  

Thanx!
After mixing and trying this worked:

@segmentmovement =
VAR _ARRAY1 = SELECTCOLUMNS(FILTER('Contract History', 'Contract History'[Person_BK]=EARLIER('Contract History'[Person_BK])),"1",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK]))
VAR _Condition_1 = "E02" IN _ARRAY1
VAR _Condition_2 = "E03" IN _ARRAY1
VAR _Condition_3 = "E04" IN _ARRAY1
RETURN
IF(OR(RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="t",RELATED('Employment type'[EmploymentType_BK])="v"),IF(_Condition_1 || _Condition_2 || _Condition_3,1,0))

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