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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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How to search a string inside a text field ?

Hello Everyone, I am looking for a solution where I have to search for a particular keyword, let say "NFR" from a text field. I tried with CONTAINSSTRING() , Find() in my dax . But nothing helped....
  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    5 years ago

    Anonymous , Then Search, find and containssting should work

     

    if(SEARCH("nfr",[Summary],,0)>0,1,0) //Search is case-insensitive  , so no need pf lower

     

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

    You may use CONTAINSSTRING function or Search function (like   replied before) to build measure or calculated column to find "NFR" in text field. And Find function will recognize letter case, so the result is incorrect.

    I build a sample table to have a test.

    Measure:

     

    Find NFR 2 = IF(CONTAINSSTRING(MAX('Table'[Summary]),"NFR"),1,0)

     

    Calculated column:

     

    C_Find NFR = IF(CONTAINSSTRING('Table'[Summary],"NFR"),1,0)

     

    Result:

    You can download the pbix file from this link: How to search a string inside a text field ?

     

    Best Regards,

    Rico Zhou

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. 

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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5 years ago

I want only these key words in my search.  But "NFR" can be anywhere within the Summary field , which is of 200-300 character length string

NFR
NFR:
NFR -
*NFR*

 

 Thanks 

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amitchandak
Super User
5 years ago

Anonymous , Then Search, find and containssting should work

 

if(SEARCH("nfr",[Summary],,0)>0,1,0) //Search is case-insensitive  , so no need pf lower