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SarathB2
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Need help with Dax

Hello Experts,

Good Day!
I am stuck with finding  and extract the values from  a column which "StartsWith" any of the value from another column which are true.

Example - 

I have two tables with one column each

Table 1

 

Type
Cat
Dog
Bag
Ball
Hello

 

Table 2

Object
Dog eye
Cat Food
School Bag
BaseBall

!HelloWorld

 

I achived output to check whether  Object started with Type or not like below  result with below DAX queries

Output

ObjectFlag
Dog eyeTRUE
Cat FoodTRUE
School BagFALSE
BaseBallFALSE
!HelloWorldFALSE
 
* Column:
Flag =
VAR SO = Table2[Object]
VAR Tab = FILTER(Table1, CONTAINSSTRING(LEFT(SO,LEN(Table1[Type])),Table1[Type]))
RETURN
IF( COUNTROWS(Tab) > 0, TRUE(),FALSE())

 

(or)

Flag =
IF (
SUMX (
Table1,
FIND (
UPPER ( Table1[Type] ),
LEFT ( UPPER ( Table2[Object] ), LEN ( Table1[Type] ) ),
,
0
)
) > 0,
TRUE (),
FALSE ()
)


Now I am seeking for the result like below , if Object column started with Type then i want that "Type" name in the column means where it is True and remaing blank().

 

Result,

ObjectFlagType
Dog eyeTRUEDog
Cat FoodTRUECat
School BagFALSE 
BaseBallFALSE 
!HelloWorldFALSE 


Thanks in Advance...

Regards,
Sarath.

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@SarathB2 , Try like

 

Flag =
VAR SO = Table2[Object]
VAR _Tab = maxx(FILTER(Table1, CONTAINSSTRING(LEFT(SO,LEN(Table1[Type])),Table1[Type])), Table[Type])
RETURN
_tab

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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@SarathB2 

Try the following column:

Item = 
VAR SO = Table2[Object]
VAR Tab = VALUES('Table1'[Type] )
RETURN
IF(
    Table2[Flag],
    MAXX(
        FILTER(
            Table1,
            CONTAINSSTRING( SO , Table1[Type] )
        ),
        Table1[Type]
    )
)
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Fowmy
Super User
Super User

@SarathB2 

Try the following column:

Item = 
VAR SO = Table2[Object]
VAR Tab = VALUES('Table1'[Type] )
RETURN
IF(
    Table2[Flag],
    MAXX(
        FILTER(
            Table1,
            CONTAINSSTRING( SO , Table1[Type] )
        ),
        Table1[Type]
    )
)
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amitchandak
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Super User

@SarathB2 , Try like

 

Flag =
VAR SO = Table2[Object]
VAR _Tab = maxx(FILTER(Table1, CONTAINSSTRING(LEFT(SO,LEN(Table1[Type])),Table1[Type])), Table[Type])
RETURN
_tab

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Hello @amitchandak , @Fowmy 

In my case , one of Type is "ANG" 
when i try to search that one "ANGULAR" also consedering in Object as pass as it is staring with ANG.
how to avoid this .....
I tried to give a space after ANG like "ANG " but when its come to Desktop its not taking the space .

Please assist,

Thanks in advance.

@SarathB2 

I modified my code, now you do not need the Flag column.

Item = 
VAR SO = Table2[Object]
VAR Tab = VALUES('Table1'[Type] )
VAR Obj = 
    IF( SEARCH(" ", Table2[Object],1,BLANK()) = BLANK(),
        Table2[Object],
        TRIM(LEFT( Table2[Object] , SEARCH(" ", Table2[Object],1,BLANK()) ))
    )
VAR Result = 
MAXX(  FILTER(ALL('Table1'[TYPE]), Table1[Type] = OBJ) , Table1[Type] )

RETURN
   Result
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Hello @amitchandak ,

 

Thanks a lot, it's working perfectly. Greaful for Quick response.

Regards,
Sarath.

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