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_Regina
Helper I
Helper I

Adding upper and lower Limt lines in a line chart based on Average value +/- 1 standard deviation

Hi all,

 

So I am trying to create something like a process control chart. I have been able to do this , but my upper and lower limit lines work fine when x axis is month, but when I drill to Day level, it does not work as expected. I want it to behave as the buil in avg line behaves. so when I am at month level, the avg line shows month's average but when I am at day level it gives daily average.

 

I understand it is happening because if the way I have built measures- which is as following-

 

_Upper Limit Signups =
[_Avg line Signups]+(1*[_Sd line Signups])
 
_Avg line Signups = AVERAGEX(
                ADDCOLUMNS(
                    SUMMARIZE(
                        ALLSELECTED('Calendar'[Month]),'Calendar'[Month]),
                "@qty",CALCULATE([Count of Onboarding Requests])),
            [@qty])
 
 
_Sd line Signups = STDEVX.P(
                ADDCOLUMNS(
                    SUMMARIZE(
                        ALLSELECTED('Calendar'[Month]),'Calendar'[Month]),
                "@qty",CALCULATE([Count of Onboarding Requests])),
            [@qty])
 
 
And the I am using '_Upper Limit Signups' in Y axis constant line under analytics pane.

_Regina_0-1713903011672.png

_Regina_1-1713903921849.png

I do understand, that because I am summarizing by month, it is behaving like this but how do I modify it to behave as expected for month/day or whatever calendar hierarchy is there.

 

Thank you in advance

 

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_Regina
Helper I
Helper I

@v-jianpeng-msft Thank you. but I cannot train my users to do that. 

I want to achieve the same functionality as the built in average line.

_Regina_2-1714164767346.png

 

ex 

_Regina_1-1714164740073.png

 

_Regina_0-1714164703899.png

The average value recalculates. I want to achieve similar results for upper control line and lower control line. Any help/guidance is appreciated.

 

v-jianpeng-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @_Regina 

Based on your description, I tried it using the following chart:

vjianpengmsft_0-1713943436034.png

Here's my DAX expression:

_Avg line Signups = 
AVERAGEX(
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        SUMMARIZE(ALLSELECTED('Calender'),'Calender'[Date]),
        "avg",[Sum of price]
    ),
    [avg])

When I use the arrow in the top right corner to get to the next level, the constant line doesn't change:

vjianpengmsft_2-1713943517593.png
vjianpengmsft_1-1713943503420.png

vjianpengmsft_3-1713943555888.png

When I use the drill down function of the right-click menu, it is recalculated:

vjianpengmsft_4-1713943640551.png

vjianpengmsft_5-1713943699841.png

To make it easier to explain the problem with this constant line, I've tried to create a table visual:

This is my data:

vjianpengmsft_7-1713944008011.png

In the diagram below, we find that _Avg line Signups is always 3, which is calculated as 15/5=3. The dependency is on the total of sales rather than the context of the hierarchy currently entered by the arrows.

vjianpengmsft_6-1713943974414.png

So that's why when you go to the level of date through the arrow in the top right corner, your constant line doesn't do a recalculation. You can proceed to the next level by right-clicking on the drill down function, and your constant line will be recalculated.

I provide the PBIX file used this time below.

 

 

 

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