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gauravnarchal
Post Prodigy
Post Prodigy

Need help with TRUE function

Hello  -  I want to create a measure to get the result as true or false for the below 2 conditions.

 

  1. If the location starts with SIE and contains locations RUI or KLT orAKL then return true else false

 

  1. If the location starts and ends with SIE and contains locations RUI & KLT or AKL then return true else false

 

Data 

 

Table1

Location
SIE*KLT*JTR/MIL
SIE*KLT*MIL
MIL*KLT*MIL
KLT*MIL*KLT
SIE*KLT*RUI*MIL
SIE*RUI*KLT*MIL
SIE*JUY*KLT*MIL
SIE*JUY*KLT*MIL*SIE
SIE*RUI*KLT*MIL*SIE
SIE*PLI*SIE
SIE*QWE*SIE
SIE*AKL/SIE
SIE*AKL
SIE*AKL*PLO
SIE*RUI/KLT*MIL
SIE*JUY*KLT

 

Thanks

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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @gauravnarchal 

 

You can try the following function to write measure.

 

Measure1 = LEFT ( MAX('Table'[Location]), 3 ) = "SIE"
    && (
        CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX('Table'[Location]), "RUI" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX('Table'[Location]), "KLT" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX('Table'[Location]), "AKL" )
)
Measure2 = 
LEFT ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), 3 ) = "SIE"
    && RIGHT ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), 3 ) = "SIE"
    && (
        CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), "RUI" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), "KLT" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), "AKL" )
)

 

vzhangti_0-1637285008836.png

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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

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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @gauravnarchal 

 

You can try the following function to write measure.

 

Measure1 = LEFT ( MAX('Table'[Location]), 3 ) = "SIE"
    && (
        CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX('Table'[Location]), "RUI" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX('Table'[Location]), "KLT" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX('Table'[Location]), "AKL" )
)
Measure2 = 
LEFT ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), 3 ) = "SIE"
    && RIGHT ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), 3 ) = "SIE"
    && (
        CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), "RUI" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), "KLT" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( MAX ( 'Table'[Location] ), "AKL" )
)

 

vzhangti_0-1637285008836.png

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

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

AlexisOlson
Super User
Super User

You can do this with LEFT and CONTAINSSTRING.

LEFT ( Table1[Location], 3 ) = "SIE"
    && (
        CONTAINSSTRING ( Table1[Location], "RUI" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( Table1[Location], "KLT" )
            || CONTAINSSTRING ( Table1[Location], "AKL" )
    )

 

 

mattww
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

@gauravnarchal 

 

Something along the lines of a Custom Column in Power Query like

 

if Text.StartsWith([Location],"SIE") and (Text.Contains([Location],"RUI") or Text.Contains([Location],"KLT") or Text.Contains([Location],"AKL")) then true
else false

 

 

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

mattww
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

Hi @gauravnarchal, are you ok with this being in Power Query, not DAX?

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