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DorienM
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4 years ago
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How can I include multiple strings in a "Does not contain" filter?

I have a table that I need to filter out rows where 'Table1'[Name] does not contain one of many strings, this is easy to do if I only have two potential strings but in my case I have upwards of 10+ s...
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  • smpa01's avatar
    smpa01
    4 years ago

    DorienM  you can use the following measure

    Measure =
CALCULATE (
    COUNTROWS ( t1 ),
    FILTER (
        t1,
        CONTAINSSTRING ( t1[Name], "TEST" ) = FALSE ()
            && CONTAINSSTRING ( t1[Name], "DEV" ) = FALSE ()
            && CONTAINSSTRING ( t1[Name], "TRAINING" ) = FALSE ()
    )
)

     

     

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smpa01
Icon for Community Champion rankCommunity Champion
4 years ago

DorienM  you can use the following measure

Measure =
CALCULATE (
    COUNTROWS ( t1 ),
    FILTER (
        t1,
        CONTAINSSTRING ( t1[Name], "TEST" ) = FALSE ()
            && CONTAINSSTRING ( t1[Name], "DEV" ) = FALSE ()
            && CONTAINSSTRING ( t1[Name], "TRAINING" ) = FALSE ()
    )
)

 

 

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Aeradia
New Member
2 years ago

 

If you don't want to use a measure, the following youtube video helped me, it seems the native UI can do this if you trick it slightly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olZCiwvrEGs