In plain English
It checks whether one piece of text appears inside another without any gaps. The matching part must be one unbroken run of characters, not separate characters found in different places. The result is simply true or false.
In context
In that condition menu, it labels the text-filter operator that tests whether a text value includes the specified text as one uninterrupted sequence of characters.
- Situation
- Using dashboards, tables, filters, sorting, views, and bulk controls
- What it communicates
- labels a text-filter operator in the condition menu
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not establish details such as letter-case handling or other matching rules, because those can vary.
Examples
“"coast" contains "oas", but "chaos" does not contain "cas".”
“Choose Contains when the note should be checked for the typed phrase within its text.”