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roryv2002
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How to get around average a average

i am trying to calcurlate average handled time 

 

i have creaated a custom column which divides total handled time by handled calls to get my average call time which then shows per row which is ok for some of my data but the problem i have is i have to display the data which groups some of the rows.  for example to report on DINO calls they have 4 lines which feed into this, this means when i display it in a visulisation it is averaging the average as it is grouping together those 4 lines to show the aveage,

 

has anyone come up against this before and has some advise/tips? 

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Sahir_Maharaj
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Hello @roryv2002,

 

1. Create a measure to calculate the total handled time for each group

TotalHandledTime_Grouped = SUM('YourTable'[TotalHandledTime])

2. Create a measure to calculate the total handled calls

HandledCalls_Grouped = SUM('YourTable'[HandledCalls])

3. Create a measure that divides the total

AverageCallTime = DIVIDE([TotalHandledTime_Grouped], [HandledCalls_Grouped])

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Sahir_Maharaj
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Hello @roryv2002,

 

1. Create a measure to calculate the total handled time for each group

TotalHandledTime_Grouped = SUM('YourTable'[TotalHandledTime])

2. Create a measure to calculate the total handled calls

HandledCalls_Grouped = SUM('YourTable'[HandledCalls])

3. Create a measure that divides the total

AverageCallTime = DIVIDE([TotalHandledTime_Grouped], [HandledCalls_Grouped])

Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution, this will help others!

If my response(s) assisted you in any way, don't forget to drop me a "Kudos" 🙂

Kind Regards,
Sahir Maharaj
Data Scientist | Data Engineer | Data Analyst | AI Engineer
P.S. Want me to build your Power BI solution? (Yes, its FREE!)
➤ Lets connect on LinkedIn: Join my network of 15K+ professionals
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➤ Email: sahir@sahirmaharaj.com
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➤ Join my Medium community of 30K readers! Sharing my knowledge about data science and artificial intelligence
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