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MartynasBI
Frequent Visitor
3 years ago

Calculating average based on a text column

Hi,

I have a following sample of the data set. I would like to be able to calculate the average based on a text column (please refer to the “Update” column).

 

From this data there are 6 total ‘updates’, 4 in W1 and 2 in W2, and the average should be 3 ‘updates’. How could I get this average value in Power BI?

 

Many thanks,

Need Help

3 Replies

  • Kishore_KVN's avatar
    Kishore_KVN
    Solution Sage
    3 years ago

    Hello MartynasBI 

    You can use count and distinct count combination to achieve this. 

    DAX looks a below:

    Average = 
Var A = COUNT('Counting Weeks Data'[Update])
Var B = DISTINCTCOUNT('Counting Weeks Data'[Week])
Return
DIVIDE(A,B,BLANK())

     

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    • MartynasBI's avatar
      MartynasBI
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      Hi Kishore_KVN ,

       

      Unfortunately it did not work. Apologies, my provided data might not have been fully representative of what I am working with. Please find the below data set example

       

      The goal remains the same - to calculate the average updates per week.

       

      Thanks

      • Kishore_KVN's avatar
        Kishore_KVN
        Solution Sage
        3 years ago

        Can you please share the expected output as well!!!