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Anonymous
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Calculate average number of attempts to get sufficient per course

I have the following table:

 

studnr/course/result

102A4,6 
103A6,6 
101A3,7 
105A9,1 
101A7 
102B4,4 
102B5,4 
104B4,6 
105B3,9 
105B6,1 
104B7,8 
101B3,1 
101B3,5 
101B7,6 
102B3,1 
102C3,3 
102C4,5 
102C6,3 
104C5,6 
105C5,6 
101D5,3 
101D4,6 
104D4,9 
105D3,1 
105D4,5 

 

I need to calculate the average number of attempts needed to get a sufficient per course.

This is, quite simply, the following formula:

No. of Attempts / No. of Sufficients

 

I've done this by using a measure but I did not get the right answer since the No. of Attempts should only be counted if the student also has got a sufficient.

 

Hopefully this is enough information to go on.

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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

Is this the same question as this post?

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Apply-filter-on-measure/m-p/847800#M406924

If so, the solution should be the same.

Avg to sufficient = 
VAR _sufficient = 5.5
VAR _Students = 
    FILTER (
        SUMMARIZE(Results,Results[Student],Results[Course]), 
        CALCULATE(
            MAX ( Results[Result] )
        ) > _sufficient 
    )
VAR _Classes = CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Results ), _Students )
RETURN DIVIDE ( _Classes, COUNTROWS( _Students ) )

I have attached my working file for you to take a look at.

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jdbuchanan71
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous 

Is this the same question as this post?

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Apply-filter-on-measure/m-p/847800#M406924

If so, the solution should be the same.

Avg to sufficient = 
VAR _sufficient = 5.5
VAR _Students = 
    FILTER (
        SUMMARIZE(Results,Results[Student],Results[Course]), 
        CALCULATE(
            MAX ( Results[Result] )
        ) > _sufficient 
    )
VAR _Classes = CALCULATE ( COUNTROWS ( Results ), _Students )
RETURN DIVIDE ( _Classes, COUNTROWS( _Students ) )

I have attached my working file for you to take a look at.

Anonymous
Not applicable

Thank you for your answer, it is indeed correct.

 

Sorry for posting a duplicate question, I searched for it but could not find it.

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