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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
| Object | Flag | 
| Dog eye | TRUE | 
| Cat Food | TRUE | 
| School Bag | FALSE | 
| BaseBall | FALSE | 
| !HelloWorld | 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,
| Object | Flag | Type | 
| Dog eye | TRUE | Dog | 
| Cat Food | TRUE | Cat | 
| School Bag | FALSE | |
| BaseBall | FALSE | |
| !HelloWorld | FALSE | 
Thanks in Advance...
Regards,
Sarath.
 @gvrajesh  , @Icey , @AlexisOlson , @v-easonf-msft ,@amitchandak ,@AllisonKennedy , @parry2k 
Solved! Go to Solution.
@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 
@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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@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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@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 
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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