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gluehbirne
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Dec 09, 2022
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Sharepoint formula find

Hi,   i try to create a simple formula in sharepoint for a calculated column, but i am not really successfull.   I want to search a certain character / string in a string. if it is found, show "y...
  • RobElliott's avatar
    Dec 09, 2022

    gluehbirne the FIND function in the formula is to find a character or string in a column in your SharePoint list. I don't actually know why this works but a formula like this which is looking for the letter J in the names in the Title column of my list works!

    =IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("J",Title)),"Yes","No")

     

    And the results are:

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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