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omeralitopal
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Search function Error in Power BI

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.

 

power_bi_sual.jpg

 

 

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @omeralitopal,

 

In my test, I got 47 as the result.

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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

 

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

@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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