Try to use OR function with if and text contains

[rvnaresh]

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	Europe
BAC01	AMER
BAC02	AMER
BDA01	AMER
BDA02	AMER
CAB01	APAC
CAB02	APAC
CDA01	APAC
CDA02	APAC

I am trying to use OR function in this context and I don't get the results. Please help.

"Added Conditional Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Region",

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

else if Text.Contains([Data Center], OR("BA*, BD*") then "Americas"

else if Text.Contains([Data Center], OR("CA*, CD*") then "APAC"

else "Uncategorized")

Thanks,

Naresh

[rvnaresh]

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"

[PhilipTreacy]

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

[rvnaresh]

Thanks Phil..

will give it a try

[DavidBI]

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.

[Papermain]

Hello,

Please add the following code in a custom column:

let 
StartString = Text.Upper(Text.Start([Column1],2))
in 
if StartString = "AB" or StartString =  "AC" then "Europe"

else if StartString = "BA" or StartString = "BD" then "Americas"

else if StartString = "CA" or StartString = "CD" then "APAC"

else "Uncategorized"

[PhilipTreacy]

Hi @rvnaresh 

Download example PBIX file

Use the Text.StartsWith function and or like this

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

else if Text.StartsWith([Data Center],"AB") or Text.StartsWith([Data Center], "BD") then "Americas"

else if Text.StartsWith([Data Center],"CA") or Text.StartsWith([Data Center], "CD") then "APAC"

else "Uncategorized"

regards

Phil