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Anonymous
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Is there a way to use SWITCH with CONTAINS?

Hello,

I have a column with "PartNumber" which are long and have letters and number. Each part of the "Part Number" means something different. So we will use Parts # "123ABC" and "897BAG". I need to make a SWITCH statement that says this:

 

SWITCH (Page1[ItemNumber], if the part number contains "3AB"  then say "GroupA", if the part number contains "BAG" then say "GroupB", else say "XXX")

 

OUTCOME:

Part "123ABC" = GroupA

Part "897BAG" = GroupB

Part "123GHEM" = "XXX"

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v-yuta-msft
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@Anonymous ,

 

Create a calculate column using DAX below:

Group = 
SWITCH (
    TRUE (),
    ISERROR ( FIND ( "3AB", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) <> TRUE (), "GroupA",
    ISERROR ( FIND ( "BAG", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) <> TRUE (), "GroupB",
    ISERROR ( FIND ( "3AB", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) = TRUE ()
        && ISERROR ( FIND ( "BAG", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) = TRUE (), "XXX"
)

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Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

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v-yuta-msft
Community Support
Community Support

@Anonymous ,

 

Create a calculate column using DAX below:

Group = 
SWITCH (
    TRUE (),
    ISERROR ( FIND ( "3AB", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) <> TRUE (), "GroupA",
    ISERROR ( FIND ( "BAG", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) <> TRUE (), "GroupB",
    ISERROR ( FIND ( "3AB", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) = TRUE ()
        && ISERROR ( FIND ( "BAG", 'Table'[PartNumber] ) ) = TRUE (), "XXX"
)

Capture.PNG 

 

Community Support Team _ Jimmy Tao

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

Anonymous
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@Anonymous - You can use the FIND function.

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