Issue checking for contains in CQWP, comparing against Managed Metadata field

Question

I have a unique scenario where I need to compare values for conditional formatting of my Content Query Web Part. In most circumstances this is pretty easy, and we thought this was working for the most part in our implementation.

SharePoint 2010 I am using a cqwp to show 9 items from one list. The list uses a managed metadata field. I compare this field to the page name (which I get from parsing the URL) using if statements and contains(@Metadata, $MetadataMatch) or not(contains(@Metadata, $MetadataMatch) to determine which items I highlight. The problem that comes in to play is that the Page name is Plan and the item I am pulling into the CQWP has a value called Project Management Plan it highlights the item. I cant do an equals for this because the @Metadata field could have multiple items. I tried checking to see if there is a ; prior to Plan then it would show but that doesn't work at all, even though it is part of the string. I know working with MM can be a pain for things like this but I am hoping there is some sort of fix or workaround. Ill update this with code once I get access to it again later this afternoon.

      <xsl:variable name="PageTitleLong">
                    <xsl:call-template name="OuterTemplate.GetPageNameFromUrlRecursive">
                            <xsl:with-param name="Url" select="$PageUrl" />
                    </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="PageTitle">
            <xsl:value-of select="translate((substring-before($PageTitleLong, '.')), '-', ' ')" />
     </xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="TitleNoSpace">
            <xsl:value-of select="translate(@Title, 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ','abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')" />
    </xsl:variable>
    <xsl:variable name="MetadataMatch">
            <xsl:value-of select="$PageTitle" />
    </xsl:variable>
    <div class="EI-Disc-Outer">
        <table width="100%">
          <tr>
             <td width="32px">
                  <a href="{$SafeLinkUrl}" title="Click to view {$DisplayTitle}" >                                                    
                       <img src="/ip/ep/Style Library/Images/icons/{$TitleNoSpace}32x32.png" border="0">
                           <xsl:if test="contains(@Metadata, $MetadataMatch)">
                                   <xsl:attribute name="class"></xsl:attribute>
                           </xsl:if>
                           <xsl:if test="not(contains(@Metadata, $MetadataMatch))">
                                 <xsl:attribute name="class">EI-Disc-Opacity</xsl:attribute>
                           </xsl:if>                                                                         
                                                            </img>
                                                            </a>
                                                    </td>

Answer 1

Try using EQUALS.

I know it feels wrong but I am pretty sure it works with Managed Metadata.

Added for clarification: As per the blog post here, a CQWP will allow you to use EQUALS to filter against a multi-value Managed Metadata field. To be fair, I have not tried this within the XSLT but worth a try.

However, a CQWP can also filter using PageFieldValue. I have used this a few times in a similar way to what you are suggesting by adding a Managed Metadata column to the content type then adding the field to the page layout. You can then do the filter directly in the CQWP using Column = [PageFieldValue: FieldName].

In your case, it could also be worth trying with [PageFieldValue: Title] given that you have this already.