topic Rolling Average in Quick Measures Gallery

Rolling Average

WillT — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:05:03 GMT

This measure calculates a rolling average. It takes a set number of periods before and after the current filter context and does an average over those values.

Name:

Rolling average

Description:

Calculate the average of the value for a set number of periods before and after the filtered date

Parameters:

Name: Base value

Tooltip: The value you want to average

Type: Numerical field / measure

Name: Date

Tooltip: The dates over which you want to calculate the average

Type: Date field

Name: Period

Tooltip: The time periods between which you want to average

Type: Enum, from Days, Months, Quarters, Years

Name: Periods before

Tooltip: The number of periods to average before each date

Type: Integer

Name: Periods after

Tooltip: The number of periods to average after each date

Type: Integer

DAX:

{Base value} rolling average =

IF(
ISFILTERED({Date}),
ERROR("Time intelligence quick measures can only be grouped or filtered by the Power BI-provided date hierarchy."),
VAR __LAST_DATE =
  LASTDATE({Date}.[Date])
RETURN
  AVERAGEX(
   DATESBETWEEN(
{Date}.[Date],

DATEADD(__LAST_DATE, {Periods Before}, {Period}),

DATEADD(__LAST_DATE, {Periods After}, {Period}),

   ),
   CALCULATE({Base value})
  )
)

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Re: Rolling Average

Stharwani — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 01:23:34 GMT

WillT can you share a sample for this example. Thanks.

Re: Rolling Average

Vladisam — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 21:59:33 GMT

Both files are png - can you please share .pbix?

Thanks

Re: Rolling Average

jboyd170 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:57:47 GMT

Thanks for sharing the details for the rolling average quick measure.

I get an incorrect result when I use a base value requires a different date field in the calculation.

For example, I'd like to calculate the rolling average for my base value 'FoundationCount' below. My main date table is CohortDate[Date] which points to several date fields in Cohort_Roster table including Cohort_Roster[FoundationsDate]. The relationship to Cohort_Roster[FoundationsDate] is inactive by default so I activate it when needed below.

FoundationsCount := CALCULATE( countx(Cohort_Roster,Cohort_Roster[FoundationsDate]), USERELATIONSHIP(CohortDate[Date],Cohort_Roster[FoundationsDate] ))

Can you advise any edits to the DAX code above where I could add 'USERELATIONSHIP' to pick up the correct date values?

Thanks.

Re: Rolling Average

Chris12 — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:16:35 GMT

I tried this measure and it worked fine as long as I didn't try to edit the DAX expression. As soon as I did, I got a syntax error as described here. This makes for a very confusing experience and I would suggest to either fix the cause of the syntax error (seems unlikely) or to insert a space before the commata after {Periods Before} and {Periods After}.