Tricky - Text Count first 8 letters

[Anonymous]

Hi Experts

I have several columns with text in each column that start with the word MATERIAL - blah blah etc.... i to be able to count those fields that start with the word material as opposed to typing in the full text each time...

My current measure is

Countrows(filter(App Forms, [Impact]="Material")) which is not working....

[selimovd · Accepted solution]

Hey @Anonymous ,

try the following approach:

Rows with Material =
CALCULATE(
    COUNTROWS( 'App Forms' ),
    LEFT( 'App Forms'[Impact], 8 ) = "Material"
)

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Best regards

Denis

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[Anonymous]

many thanks