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aashton
Helper V
Helper V

Equivalent to LIKE

I'm going crazy trying to get a simple formula working.  I want to say, if location_ID is like 'AA%' THEN Y ELSE N.  I've tried:

AA Site = IF(CONTAINS('CRM Sharepoint', 'CRM Sharepoint'[SP_ICIMS_Location_ID], "AA"), "Y", "N")
but every row returns N, even if there is an AA.
 

 

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AlexisOlson
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CONTAINS searches through a column of values for a particular value. You want to search text for a substring, so CONTAINSSTRING is probably closer to the function you want but LEFT might be a good choice for this situation too.

 

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AlexisOlson
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Super User

CONTAINS searches through a column of values for a particular value. You want to search text for a substring, so CONTAINSSTRING is probably closer to the function you want but LEFT might be a good choice for this situation too.

 

Yes, thank you, CONTAINSSTRING works!

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