Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now! Learn more

Reply
DJsummers
Helper I
Helper I

Average Ticket Completion Time

Hi

 

I connect to an SQL dataset using the DirectQuery option and the table I am having a problem with is the one in the image attached. IssueNumber, CreatedOn & ResolvedOn are all from IssuesView table.

I have created 3 measures

Created = MAX(IssuesView[CreatedOn])
Resolved = MAX(IssuesView[ResolvedOn])
&
Ticket Duration = DATEDIFF([Created], [Resolved], MINUTE)

I would now like to get the average ticket duration but I am unable to do so. I can't use AVERAGE on my Ticket Duration measure as I get the error 'AVERAGE function only accepts a column reference as the argument number 1'

 

DJsummers_0-1667393067445.png
I have it filtered out for the past 7 days.

 

Any assistance you guys can offer would be gratefully appreciated as always!

Dan

 




1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@DJsummers This looks like a measure aggregation problem. See my blog article about that here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Design-Pattern-Groups-and-Super-Groups/ba-p/138149

The pattern is:
MinScoreMeasure = MINX ( SUMMARIZE ( Table, Table[Group] , "Measure",[YourMeasure] ), [Measure])
MaxScoreMeasure = MAXX ( SUMMARIZE ( Table, Table[Group] , "Measure",[YourMeasure] ), [Measure])
AvgScoreMeasure = AVERAGEX ( SUMMARIZE ( Table, Table[Group] , "Measure",[YourMeasure] ), [Measure])
etc.



Follow on LinkedIn
@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
DJsummers
Helper I
Helper I

@Greg_Deckler  Greg pulls through for me again! Thanks man, that works a treat. Very much appreciated.

Greg_Deckler
Community Champion
Community Champion

@DJsummers This looks like a measure aggregation problem. See my blog article about that here: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Design-Pattern-Groups-and-Super-Groups/ba-p/138149

The pattern is:
MinScoreMeasure = MINX ( SUMMARIZE ( Table, Table[Group] , "Measure",[YourMeasure] ), [Measure])
MaxScoreMeasure = MAXX ( SUMMARIZE ( Table, Table[Group] , "Measure",[YourMeasure] ), [Measure])
AvgScoreMeasure = AVERAGEX ( SUMMARIZE ( Table, Table[Group] , "Measure",[YourMeasure] ), [Measure])
etc.



Follow on LinkedIn
@ me in replies or I'll lose your thread!!!
Instead of a Kudo, please vote for this idea
Become an expert!: Enterprise DNA
External Tools: MSHGQM
YouTube Channel!: Microsoft Hates Greg
Latest book!:
DAX For Humans

DAX is easy, CALCULATE makes DAX hard...

Helpful resources

Announcements
Power BI DataViz World Championships

Power BI Dataviz World Championships

The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! Get ahead of the game and start preparing now!

December 2025 Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - December 2025

Check out the December 2025 Power BI Holiday Recap!

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.