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Tableau Community Forums Member (Inactive) (Salesforce) asked in #Tableau Desktop & Web Authoring
Aug 7, 2019, 1:18 PM

count first letter of name which beginnings with A or E

Hi Guys

 

i have a workbook with same data showing a list of full names, i need to create some kind of a calculation field which will show me the number of names where the first name starts with either an "A" or an "E"

 

how can this be done?

 

thank you for any help

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2 answers
  1. Jim Dehner - Tableau Visionary HoF (Market Analytics LLC)
    Aug 7, 2019, 1:23 PM

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    Jim

    If this posts assists in resolving the question, please mark it helpful or as the 'correct answer' if it resolves the question. This will help other users find the same answer/resolution.  Thank you.

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