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Chanise89
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Tableau Formula translated into DAX

HI all,

 

I have been trying to translate this Tableau formula into a DAX expression but it keeps failing. 

 

Can someone help?

 

if CONTAINS( [Acc Level 1 Des],"Oper") and CONTAINS([Acc Level 2 Des],"Misc") then [Acc Level 3 Des]

ELSEIF CONTAINS( [Acc Level 1 Des],"Oper") and CONTAINS([Acc Level 2 Des],"Head") then [Acc Level 3 Des]

ELSEIF CONTAINS([Acc Level 3],"E7421") then [Acc Level 3 Des]

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Greg_Deckler
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@Chanise89 Try:

Column = 
  SWITCH(TRUE(),
    FIND("Oper",[Acc Level 1 Des],,-1) > -1 && FIND("Misc",[Acc Level 2 Des],,-1)>-1, [Acc Level 3 Des],
    FIND("Oper",[Acc Level 1 Des],,-1) > -1 && FIND("Head",[Acc Level 2 Des],,-1)>-1, [Acc Level 3 Des],
    FIND("E7421",[Acc Level 3],,-1) > -1, [Acc Level 3 Des]
  )


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Greg_Deckler
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@Chanise89 Try:

Column = 
  SWITCH(TRUE(),
    FIND("Oper",[Acc Level 1 Des],,-1) > -1 && FIND("Misc",[Acc Level 2 Des],,-1)>-1, [Acc Level 3 Des],
    FIND("Oper",[Acc Level 1 Des],,-1) > -1 && FIND("Head",[Acc Level 2 Des],,-1)>-1, [Acc Level 3 Des],
    FIND("E7421",[Acc Level 3],,-1) > -1, [Acc Level 3 Des]
  )


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Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
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DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

Thank you Greg. Sorry I left off some of the formula... Here is the entire thing:

 

if CONTAINS( [Acc Level 1 Des],"Oper") and CONTAINS([Acc Level 2 Des],"Misc") then [Acc Level 3 Des]

ELSEIF CONTAINS( [Acc Level 1 Des],"Oper") and CONTAINS([Acc Level 2 Des],"Head") then [Acc Level 3 Des]

ELSEIF CONTAINS([Acc Level 3],"E7421") then [Acc Level 3 Des]
else [Acc Level 2 Des]
END

 

It would essentially be the same right?

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