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rvnaresh
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3 years ago

Try to use OR function with if and text contains

Hi, I want to categorize the datacenter to a region like the table below and use it in one of my reports.    Datacenter Location ABC01 Europe ABC02 Europe ACB01 Europe ACB02 Eur...
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rvnaresh
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3 years ago

Thank you for the solutions. 

 

Will I be not able to call the function with multiple values in at a time? I have over 50 datacenters that needs categorization and the code looks cumbersome

 

It will be easy if I provide the the values in a single function rather than taking up multiple lines.

such as:

 

if Text.Contains([Data Center], OR("AB*, AC*") then "Europe"

 

or 

 

if Text.StartsWith([Data Center],OR("AB*", "AC*") then "Europe"

 

 

or 

 

if StartString = or("AB*", "AC*) then "Europe"

 

 

  • DavidBI's avatar
    DavidBI
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    3 years ago

    Hello,

     

    Wouldn't it make sense to have a separate lookup table in which you start all the datacenters and join this to the main table? This increases flexibility as i think an if clause is not best stuiable if you have over 50 cases.

     

     

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    PhilipTreacy
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    3 years ago

    Hi rvnaresh 

     

    Download example PBIX file

     

    Yes you could write this as a function, called FindRegion

     

    (DataCenter as text) => 

let 
    DC = Text.Start(DataCenter , 2),
    Regions = [
                AB = "Europe",
                AC = "Europe",
                BA = "Americas",
                BD = "Americas",
                CA = "APAC",
                CD = "APAC"
                ],

    Source = if Record.HasFields(Regions, DC) then Record.Field(Regions, DC) else "Uncategorized"

in
    Source

     

     

    You'll need to add all of the data center codes and regions to the Regions record in this function.

     

    You can then call it in a new Custom Column like this

     

    = FindRegion([Data Center])

     

    regards

     

    Phil

     

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      rvnaresh
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      3 years ago

      Thanks Phil..

       

      will give it a try