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Anonymous
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If and Contains

Hello,

 

I am new to Power BI and I need help creating an additional column using an IF and Contains Statement.

 

I am looking for an IF statement similar to = IF (Table, Name, contains "DEV" then "BOL" other wise "Other".

 

 

 

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vivran22
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@Anonymous 

 

Try this:

Column = IF(LEFT('Table'[Name],3) = "DEV","BOL","OTHER")

 

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az38
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@Anonymous 

try column

Column = IF(SEARCH("DEV", Table[Name]) > 0, "BOL", "Other")

 

@vivran22 LEFT() function will be actual only for values which starts from BOL


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vivran22
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@Anonymous 

 

Try this:

Column = IF(LEFT('Table'[Name],3) = "DEV","BOL","OTHER")

 

Cheers!
Vivek

If it helps, please mark it as a solution
Kudos would be a cherry on the top 🙂

https://www.vivran.in/

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