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Anonymous
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using Contains and multiple conditions with OR

I have below formula and I have tried DAX contains and search functions, nothing is giving desired output, please suggest.

 

Job Category = 

IF
contains([Job Group],'Materials Management')
OR contains([Job Group],'Logistics')
OR contains([Job Group],'Distribution')
then 'Distribution'
ELSEIF
contains([Job Group],'Procurement')
OR contains([Job Group],'Categories')
OR contains([Job Group],'Geographic')
OR contains([Job Group],'Processes')
then
'Procurement and Sourcing'
ELSEIF
contains([Job Group],'Engineering & Construction')
then
'Facilities'
ELSE 'N/A'
END

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zuheirashraf17
Advocate II
Advocate II

Hi Shilpi,

 

I tested it and this should be working fine.

Do let me know if you need further explanation for this;

 

Category = SWITCH(TRUE(),
                    IF(SEARCH("Materials Management", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Distribution", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Distribution", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0
                        ,TRUE()
                        ,FALSE()
                        ),"Distribution",
                    IF(SEARCH("Procurement", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Categories", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Geographic", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Processes", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0
                        ,TRUE()
                        ,FALSE()
                        ),"Procurement and Sourcing",
                    IF(SEARCH("Engineering & Construction", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 
                        ,TRUE()
                        ,FALSE()
                        ),"Facilities",
                    "N/A"                  
)
    

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zuheirashraf17
Advocate II
Advocate II

Hi Shilpi,

 

I tested it and this should be working fine.

Do let me know if you need further explanation for this;

 

Category = SWITCH(TRUE(),
                    IF(SEARCH("Materials Management", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Distribution", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Distribution", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0
                        ,TRUE()
                        ,FALSE()
                        ),"Distribution",
                    IF(SEARCH("Procurement", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Categories", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Geographic", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 || SEARCH("Processes", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0
                        ,TRUE()
                        ,FALSE()
                        ),"Procurement and Sourcing",
                    IF(SEARCH("Engineering & Construction", [Job Group], 1, 0) > 0 
                        ,TRUE()
                        ,FALSE()
                        ),"Facilities",
                    "N/A"                  
)
    
Anonymous
Not applicable

Thanks, this worked!

Greg_Deckler
Super User
Super User

That looks like a mix of DAX and M. And CONTAINS takes 3 parameters, Table, Column, Value. I would use a SWITCH though like:

 

Job Category = 
SWITCH(TRUE(),
  CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Materials Management') 
|| CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Logistics')
|| CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Distribution')
,'Distribution',
CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Procurement')
|| CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Categories')
|| CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Geographic')
|| CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Processes')
,'Procurement and Sourcing',
CONTAINS('Table',[Job Group],'Engineering & Construction')
,'Facilities',
'NA'
)

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Anonymous
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Thanks Greg, unfortunately, this is not giving the desired output, its only passing the last condition, below is the snapshot. when I used it the if and contains, it gave me almost the same result, it only passes the last condition.

 

Power BI error Job category.PNG

Hi @Anonymous,

Could you please offer some sample file to have a test and post your desired result if possible?

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
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