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nicktekippe
8 - Asteroid
‎08-31-2022 08:01 AM

I need to filter this data to only the materials that begin with AR

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Any help would be appreciated.

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DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
‎08-31-2022 08:03 AM

Hey @nicktekippe, use a Filter tool with the following expression:

 

Startswith([MATERIAL], 'AR')

 

The results you want will come out of the top (True) anchor.

 

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Startswith AR filter.yxmd
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binuacs
21 - Polaris
‎08-31-2022 08:09 AM

@nicktekippe Another way of doing this with the left function

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