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AndyDDC
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3 years ago
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Calculate the Average using a Dimension column

Hi,

I'm trying to calculate the Average of a dimension attribute based on a Fact table. The following are the tables (simplified, eg Category doesn't actually live in the Fact table but there to visualise what I'm trying to do)

 

The dimension table is:

 

The Fact table is:

 

What I'd like is to calculate the average AnswerID over all the rows in the Fact table, I've tried to create a measure but all it's doing is calculating the average over the distinct AnswerID values, not over each AnswerID that would be linked to the fact table.

 

Average Answer = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(DimAnswer[AnswerID]),CROSSFILTER(DimAnswer[AnswerKey],FactAnswer[AnswerKey],BOTH))

 

But the result is incorrect as it's just calculating the average for each distinct AnswerID.  In the case of Category A, there are 7 rows in the fact table, when the AnswerID for each of the 7 rows is add up it totals 20.  So 20/7 = 2.8.  But what my measure is doing is just taking the unique AnswerIDs which would be 2,4,6, then dividing by the distinct number of AnswerID which is 3.  So 12/3 = 4.

 

Could anyone point me towards how I would do the Average by taking each row in the Fact table, getting the AnswerID and then doing the average over this?

 

Many thanks

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  • tamerj1's avatar
    tamerj1
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    3 years ago

    Hi AndyDDC 
    Please use

    AverageMeasure =
AVERAGEX ( Fact, RELATED ( Dim[AnswerID] ) )