Table.FindText

 

This topic applies to the Power Query Formula Language which can be used with Power Query and Power BI Desktop to build queries that mashup data. See the list of function categories.

Returns a table containing only the rows that have the specified text within one of their cells or any part thereof.

Table.FindText (table as table, text as text) as table  

ArgumentDescription
tableThe Table to modify.
textThe text to compare against.
Table.FindText(Table.FromRecords(  
  
{  
  
      [CustomerID = 1, Name = "Bob", Phone = "123-4567"],  
  
      [CustomerID = 2, Name = "Jim", Phone = "987-6543"] ,  
  
      [CustomerID = 3, Name = "Paul", Phone = "543-7890"] ,  
  
      [CustomerID = 4, Name = "Ringo", Phone = "232-1550"]  
  
}  
  
), "Bob")  

CustomerIDNamePhone
1Bob123-4567
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