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lucas-seg
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Average of the same category between different columns

Hello, Wizards

I need your help can't get my head around this,I have a database of WorkFlow Approvals that shows who approved and how many days that It get to be approved. Like below

ID1TH Approver1th Approval2TH Approver2th Approval3TH Approver3th Approval4TH Approver4th ApprovalDays 1th Aprov.Days 2th Aprov.Days 3th Aprov.Days 4th Aprov.
1Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.20210000
2Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20211111
3Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 23.12.2021Y8NOY3 8041
4Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y9YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20218000
5Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20218010
6Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20218410
7Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20218413
8Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20218413
9Y1YES - NAME - 07.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.20218403
10Y1YES - NAME - 07.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y8YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.20210403
11Y1NOYX Y3 Y8YES - NAME - 09.12.20214000
12Y1NOYX Y3 Y8YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.20214000
13Y1YES - NAME - 05.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.2021Y8YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.20211103
14Y1YES - NAME - 05.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.2021Y8YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.20210101
15Y1YES - NAME - 05.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 23.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 21.12.2021Y8YES - NAME - 09.12.20210103
16Y1YES - NAME - 05.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.20210010
17Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 08.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.20210010
18Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 07.12.2021Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20211000
19Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y2YES - NAME - 07.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.20211000
20Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.2021YXYES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.2021Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 07.12.20211000

 

As one can see I have multiple collumns with the same sectors(Y1, Y2, Y3..) that are required to approve and another column that shows in how many days It get approved. I need to show on average how many days a sector approve something.

 

ApproverAverage Day to approve
Y12
Y23
Y31
Y35
Y81
Y91

 

Something like Above. The sequence of each flow it's different because depending of it goes to different sectors and some approvals are automatic like(WF-BATCH). 

 

Thanks In advance Guys!

 

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ebeery
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@lucas-seg for this type of analysis, a better option may be to restructure your data into something that looks like below (truncated).  This could be done using Power Query and some Unpivot / Pivot operations.

IDApproval OrderAPPROVERAPPROVALDAYS  APROV.
12Y2YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.20210
13Y2YES - NAME - 08.12.20210
11Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.20210
14Y3YES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.20210
23Y3YES - NAME - 08.12.20211
21Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.20211
22YXYES - WF-BATCH - 08.12.20211
24Y3YES - NAME - 09.12.20211
31Y1YES - NAME - 08.12.20218
32Y2YES - NAME - 23.12.20210
33Y8NO4
34Y3 1

 

Having the data in that structure would make it very easy then to simply calculate the average days per approver.

ebeery_0-1640815796013.png

See linked .pbix file as example.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQAXsm82wvyiYbRH8wYc3Slqh2nLLJ0G/view?usp=sharing 

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