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Hi,
I used the SEARCH function in Power BI but finds the location of the character I want to find incorrect.
Screenshot will tell you better.
Actually, I want to extract source system (android - ios etc).
Essentially I can do with SQL using instr - substr but I want to use DAX Language.
Please help.
Hi @omeralitopal,
In my test, I got 47 as the result.
Based on my assumption, the difference might be caused by some invisible characters inside the text string. I was not able to reproduce the same scenario on my side. Would you please send sample dataset file or .pbix file to me?
Best regards,
Yuliana Gu
@v-yulgu-msft thanks
i did this way >>>>>
=var str_start = search("Twitter for",[source])
var str_end = search("</a>",[source])
return mid([source],str_start, str_end-str_start)
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