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Filtering by Partial String Criteria

logans
5 - Atom

Hi,

 

I want to filter rows from a file that contain certain string criteria within a cell.

 

For example, I have the below table. I want to filter the Status column and only return the row that has "Unmatched" in this column. After scanning the forums I have tried the following iterations, but none have worked.

 

[Status] in("Unmatched")

Contains("Unmatched",[Status])

EndsWith("Unmatched", [Status])

FindString("Unmatched",[Settle Status])

 

Status
(12/12/2022)Unmatched as per agent
(12/12/2022)Matched as per agent

 

Brand new user so hopefully this is a simple problem. Thanks in advance.

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PanPP
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Hi @logans 

 

I have uploaded a sample WF. 

 

Hope this helps.

DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @logans, you were absolutely right to be using the Contains() function! The only issue was that you had the arguments the wrong way round. The function is Contains([Field], <Target>) so would be like this:

 

DataNath_0-1671488012701.png

logans
5 - Atom

Thanks for your quick responses! Got this working now.

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