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craig811
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Help with formula

Hi ,

 

A member of the forum, kindly provided me the following forumla:Column = IF(ISERROR(FIND(LEFT([Transaction Number],FIND("-",[Transaction Number])-1),[Line Description])),0,1)

 

However , how do I update it to look in all of the rows of column:Line Description? The issue I have is the the value in column:Transaction Number maybe on a different row in column:Line Description.

 

Thank you in advance.

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v-chuncz-msft
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@craig811 ,

 

You may take a look at the post below.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/DAX-search-in-column-and-retuen-a-result/m-p/572635#M270471

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PattemManohar
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@craig811 Please provide some sample test data and expected output to provide an accurate solution.





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Could I use the 'Earlier' function with the IF statement to look and the entire column for a match instead of looking at just the current row?

Thank you for the reply :

 

Please see the below:

 

As you can see W1173778 is in colunm 'Line Description' but on a different row then colunm' Transaction Number' . The formula above will not pick this up and will show '0' instead of '1' for match.

 

sample data.png

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