topic AverageX Doesn't seem to be working! in DAX Commands and Tips

AverageX Doesn't seem to be working!

Anonymous — Wed, 22 May 2019 19:45:56 GMT

Hi, I'm a relatively new user of DAX, with an insanely simple question. I want to get the average of products at these stores in my sample date. Here's my table:

StoreAmountProduct

Store 1	6	Apple
Store 1	7	Oranges
Store 1	8	Pears
Store 1	9	Bananas
Store 1	10	Apple
Store 1	11	Oranges
Store 1	7	Pears
Store 1	8	Bananas
Store 1	9	Apple
Store 1	10	Oranges
Store 1	20	Pears
Store 1	12	Bananas
Store 1	13	Apple
Store 1	14	Oranges
Store 2	8	Pears
Store 2	9	Bananas
Store 2	10	Apple
Store 2	11	Oranges
Store 2	7	Pears
Store 2	8	Bananas
Store 2	9	Apple
Store 2	10	Oranges
Store 2	50	Pears

I wrote a measure:

AVERAGEX(VALUES(Table1[Product]),SUM([Amount])

But the pivot table looks like this (see pic below). Why, at the store level does it not iterate over my products and return the average 36 (for Store 1) instead of the sum 144??

I am so frustrated by this, and it seems like it should be so basic. I thought AVERAGEX solved all those problems of an average being different for subtotal and total levels, but either that theory is wrong or I'm doing something wrong...

Thanks in advance for your help!

William

Re: AverageX Doesn't seem to be working!

Anonymous — Wed, 22 May 2019 19:56:17 GMT

Note (I can't figure out how to edit this post so I'm just adding this): I want the average of the totals of the products. So in other words, on a product level this measure is pretty much meaningless--I just want, at a store level, so see the number 36 (for store 1) and 30.5 for store 2. And I thought AVERAGEX would get me there with ease... Sadly, I seem to have been mistaken!

Re: AverageX Doesn't seem to be working!

parry2k — Thu, 23 May 2019 00:09:47 GMT

Anonymous here is your measure:

Avg = AVERAGEX(VALUES(Table4[Product]),CALCULATE(SUM([Amount])))

Re: AverageX Doesn't seem to be working!

Anonymous — Thu, 23 May 2019 11:13:14 GMT

Amazing! Thanks so much! I've heard about the thing of using calculate to transition "row context" to "filter context"... is that what is going on here?

Again, thanks for helping remove a very frustrating roadblock for me!

William

Re: AverageX Doesn't seem to be working!

parry2k — Thu, 23 May 2019 13:32:08 GMT

Anonymous that's exactly what the issue was. glad it worked out.