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Avererage in column with variant data type
Hi all,
I am stuck in the matrix table in PowerBI.
See data below.
Column VALUE is formatted as numbers, TEXT as text and U_RPT_VALUE also as text.
| TEST_NUMBER | NAME | VALUE | TEXT | U_RPT_VALUE |
| 721195 | Component 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | < 0.2 |
| 721178 | Component 1 | 0 | 0.0 | < 0.2 |
| 721188 | Component 2 | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.33 |
| 721183 | Component 3 | 0 | 0.00 | < 5.9 |
| 721182 | Component 3 | 0 | 0.00 | < 5.9 |
| 721181 | Component 3 | 0.56 | 0.56 | < 5.9 |
| 721192 | Component 4 | 0 | Done | Done |
| 721198 | Component 5 | 755 | 755 | 755 |
| 721199 | Component 5 | 730 | 730 | 730 |
Now I want to have a matrix table with the average of each component.
The problem is that because the column contains data and text you can only choose count, first etc
This will give the incorrect data for Component 5.
So I created Measure = AVERAGE(Sheet2[VALUE]) but that will show incorrect values for component 3
I'm trying to build someting like: If(U_RPT_VALUE contains < then show U_RPT_VALUE else (Measure = AVERAGE(Sheet2[VALUE]))
However, I cannot get it working due to the different data formats.
Do I make it myself to complicated and is there an easy way to accomplish this?
Thanks for the support!
Sander
Hi SanderB
Try the below
Measure = VAR _text = SELECTEDVALUE( 'Table'[U_RPT_VALUE] ) VAR _search = SEARCH( "<", _text, 1, 0 ) > 0 RETURN IF( _search, _text, AVERAGE( 'Table'[VALUE] ) )
Best Regards,
Mariusz
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- Mariusz
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Hi SanderB
Try the below
Measure = VAR _text = SELECTEDVALUE( 'Table'[U_RPT_VALUE] ) VAR _search = SEARCH( "<", _text, 1, 0 ) > 0 RETURN IF( _search, _text, AVERAGE( 'Table'[VALUE] ) )
Best Regards,
Mariusz
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Please feel free to connect with me.Hi Mariusz ,
Thank you very much, the use of a measure like that is totally new for me :-)
It works perfect in the example, but on the complete database I get the "Expressions that yield variant data type" error.
This is caused by the Table[U_RPT_VALUE]
There is a lot of data in this table, dates, <,>,negative numbers,-, text and empty
Is there a way make this usefull? Otherwise I can create a new column and filter all the stuff out and see if it works
It works! Corrected the column and it is perfect!
Thank you very much!
Hi Mariusz ,
Only one small question about AVERAGE.
Is it possible to have the decimal places dynamic?
I thought that the FIXED function will do this, but this does not work.
Measure = VAR _text = SELECTEDVALUE( RESULT[Merged] ) VAR _search = SEARCH( "<", _text, 1, 0 ) > 0 RETURN IF( _search, _text, FIXED(AVERAGE(RESULT[VALUE]),(RESULT[PLACES]),1))
Thanks,
Sander
- Mariusz
HI SanderB
You need some form of aggregation around RESULT[PLACES], try MIN or MAX like below.
Measure = VAR _text = SELECTEDVALUE( RESULT[Merged] ) VAR _search = SEARCH( "<", _text, 1, 0 ) > 0 RETURN IF( _search, _text, FIXED( AVERAGE( RESULT[VALUE] ), MAX( RESULT[PLACES] ), 1 ) )
Best Regards,
Mariusz
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