Write a DAX measure to look for specific text and return a specific value

[CLANG10]

How do i write a DAX Measure based on specific text in "car sales"column and return a desired value in the "region" column.

e.g. car sales containing italy, france, germany should all return europe in the region column. Thanks in advance 

[speedramps · Accepted solution]

It is easy and best pratice to do it using Power Query

It can also be done in DAX but is is much harder and slower ... much better to use Power Query

see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc7A6WiwLwg

 https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/DAX-extract-text-between-delimiter/m-p/119136...

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[JorgePinho · Accepted solution]

@CLANG10  is this going to scale? Like are you going to have more countries?
There is a simple way to do this in dax but you have to write each country individually. It would loke something like this:

SWITCH(TRUE(),
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"ITALY") || 
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"FRANCE") ||
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"GERMANY") ,"EUROPE",
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"CHINA") ||
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"INDIA") ||
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"SINGAPORE"), "ASIA",
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"USA") ||
CONTAINSSTRING(Table[CAR SALES],"CANADA"), "AMERICA",
"(ELSE VALUE)"
)

[CLANG10]

Thank You! I'll build on from there.

[speedramps · Accepted solution]

It is easy and best pratice to do it using Power Query

It can also be done in DAX but is is much harder and slower ... much better to use Power Query

see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc7A6WiwLwg

 https://community.powerbi.com/t5/DAX-Commands-and-Tips/DAX-extract-text-between-delimiter/m-p/119136...

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If you give someone a fish then you only give them one meal, but if you teach them how to fish then they can feed themselves and teach others for a lifetime.  I prefer to teach members on this forum techniques rather give full solutions and do their job. You can then adapt the technique for your solution, learn some DAX skills for next time and soon become a Power BI Super User like me. 

One question per ticket please. If you need to extend your request then please raise a new ticket.

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[CLANG10]

Hi, I got my data from datahub and i'm not able to access to the transform data power query, how to do this using DAX?

[speedramps]

See above learning links with examples on how to do it in Dax.

I wont build the exact solution for you. I will just provide links how to learn. You need to learn to do your own job.

[CLANG10]

Sure Thanks!