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nmoriello
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2 years ago
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SEARCH function using another column to find value in text string

Hello,   I am trying to use a column name "Account Context" that is a Text string field (ex. ADJ:191907 SPORTS INC.) which contains some random integers as well as a customer name.   I want to be...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi nmoriello ,

     

    According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

    (1) This is my test data. 

    Customer table:

    Table:

    (2)We can create a new table.

     

    Table 2 = 
    var tmp=CROSSJOIN('Table',Customer)
    var tmp1=ADDCOLUMNS(tmp,"Flag",CONTAINSSTRINGEXACT([TranGLC_GLAcctContext],[Customer Name]))
    var tmp2=FILTER(tmp1,[Flag]=TRUE())
    var tmp3=SELECTCOLUMNS(tmp2,"Customer Name",[Customer Name])
    return
    tmp3

     

    (3)Then the result is as follows.

     

    Best Regards,

    Neeko Tang

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