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SHill83
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Average time measure is working at row level, but it is incorrect at the total level

Hello,

 

I have created a measure to get the average for a web chat time field for all connected web chats only. The time field is in seconds, so I have used the following measure to turn it into a HH:MM:SS format which all seems to work fine on the 'row' level, but not at the 'total' level - please can someone help? 

 

My measure is:

Avg. webchat time =
VAR ss =
SUM(  'tablename'[webChatTalkTime])/ CALCULATE (
     COUNT('tablename'[chatResult]),
    'tablename'[chatResult] = 'connected'
)
VAR mm =    
     ( ss - MOD ( ss, 60 ) ) / 60
VAR HH =
     ( mm - MOD ( mm, 60 ) ) / 60
VAR mmm =
    mm - MOD ( mm, 60 )
VAR res = ss - hh * 3600
VAR rem =
     ( res - MOD ( res, 60 ) ) / 60
VAR ress = ss - rem * 60 - hh * 3600
RETURN
    FORMAT(format(hh,"0#") & ":" & format(rem,"0#") & ":" & format(ress,"0#"), "HH:MM:SS")
 
The outcome for a specific month is as follows:
SHill83_0-1688488977493.png

I believe the average should be 20mins 16 seconds - not 15mins 4secs?

 

The outcome for another month is:

SHill83_1-1688489269003.png

I believe the average should be 19mins 29secs - not 14mins 50secs?

 

Can anyone see where i am going wrong?

 

Many Thanks, 

 

 
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vanessafvg
Super User
Super User

there could be a few things wrong
 
1. total are very confusing in power bi 
2 or it could be how your model is set up
 
for avg chat time
 
do you want this part to also be where it is connected? calculate(SUM(  'tablename'[webChatTalkTime])
 
  if so you need to change it to
 
change =
DIVIDE (
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'tablename'[webChatTalkTime] ),
'tablename'[chatResult] = 'connected'
),
CALCULATE (
COUNT ( 'tablename'[chatResult] ),
'tablename'[chatResult] = 'connected'
)
)




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SHill83
Frequent Visitor

Thank you so much for your response, I think this has done the job - thank you! 🙂

vanessafvg
Super User
Super User

there could be a few things wrong
 
1. total are very confusing in power bi 
2 or it could be how your model is set up
 
for avg chat time
 
do you want this part to also be where it is connected? calculate(SUM(  'tablename'[webChatTalkTime])
 
  if so you need to change it to
 
change =
DIVIDE (
CALCULATE (
SUM ( 'tablename'[webChatTalkTime] ),
'tablename'[chatResult] = 'connected'
),
CALCULATE (
COUNT ( 'tablename'[chatResult] ),
'tablename'[chatResult] = 'connected'
)
)




If I took the time to answer your question and I came up with a solution, please mark my post as a solution and /or give kudos freely for the effort 🙂 Thank you!

Proud to be a Super User!




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