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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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@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]
)
@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]
)
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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