Formula question - IF contain or other solutions

Miki2021

Hi Alteryx community,

I tried to apply a formula to categorize many different invoice types. And I appreciate your input: 

Scenario:

In SAP raw data, we have different invoices with different invoice number. First two or three digits of the number depicts certain types of invoice. E.g.

invoice number of which first few digits start with: 

8xxxxxxxxx    invoice type A

44xxxxxxxx    invoice type B

49xxxxxxxx    also invoice type B

777xxxxxxx    invoice type C

001xxxxxxx    invoice type D 

else                Others

My formula:

IF Contains ([test], "8") THEN "invoice type A"
ELSEIF Contains([test], "44") THEN "invoice type B"
ELSEIF Contains([test], "49") THEN "invoice type B"
ELSEIF Contains([test], "777") THEN "invoice type C"
ELSEIF Contains([test], "0001") THEN "invoice type D"
ELSE "Others"
ENDIF

Issue:

The IF contain formula might also include scenarios where the specific numbers appear within the 10 digit invoice number, not limited to the first few digits. 

Maybe I should not use the IF contain formula.  Any bright idea here? 

Thanks!

AngelosPachis

Hi @Miki2021 ,

You can try the startwith function instead of the contains, so your statement would be :

IF Startswith([test], "8") THEN "invoice type A"
ELSEIF Startswith([test], "44") THEN "invoice type B"
ELSEIF ...
ELSE "Others"
ENDIF

That will look for the numbers at the beginning of the invoice only.

Hope that helps, let me know if that worked for you.

Cheers,

Angelos