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Dunner2020
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6 years ago
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do not containsstring in DAX

Hi there,   I am creating a measure that filters the table based on the 'description' column.  I dont want to include the rows if certain keywords present in the description column. I used contains...
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  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    6 years ago

    Dunner2020 , see fine. Is it case sensitive search?

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/search-function-dax is case insensitive 

    You can rewrite like

    COUNTROWS(FILTER('Interruptions',not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"FAULTED, LV" ) ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"LV FUSE") ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"CABLE FAULTED")) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"BLOWN LV")) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"BURNT CONNECTOR LV") ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"INTERMITTENT HIGH LOAD?") ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"LINE , LV")) ) )

     

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amitchandak
Super User
6 years ago

Dunner2020 , see fine. Is it case sensitive search?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/search-function-dax is case insensitive 

You can rewrite like

COUNTROWS(FILTER('Interruptions',not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"FAULTED, LV" ) ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"LV FUSE") ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"CABLE FAULTED")) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"BLOWN LV")) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"BURNT CONNECTOR LV") ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"INTERMITTENT HIGH LOAD?") ) &&
not(CONTAINSSTRING('Interruptions'[Description],"LINE , LV")) ) )

 

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rjs2
Resolver I
2 years ago

I an using NOT(CONTAINSSTRING('Email Message'[FromName],"do not reply")), but when I add that to my measure to filter, my email count goes up.  why would it go up if I am adding a NOT(CONTAINSSTRING(