# "Contains" formula function

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/contains-formula-function/10178>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Tags:** formulas\
**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/contains-formula-function/10178 "2025-12-16T19:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![RonMakesSystems](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/ronmakessystems/32/14122_2.png) [@RonMakesSystems](https://community.fibery.io/u/RonMakesSystems)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/contains-formula-function/10178/3 "2025-12-27T19:21:00Z")

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I have this need too! I made a request here, I think it’s the same: ["Contains" formula function](https://community.fibery.io/t/contains-formula-function/10178)

> [@Kendall\_Zhu](#):
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> check for regex string match on name. This would not be robust to names containing other names,

BTW, you can check the Public ID, it’s more robust than name. I usually make a formula on the entity “Public ID Code”: “{” + [Public ID] + “}”

Then join based on this formula on the entity that has the collection, then run the “contains” check (I usually use Find() instead of regex, but I think either works.)

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