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dc189
Helper II
9 years ago
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Calculating average by year

Hello,   I have a simple dataset (https://www.dropbox.com/s/euehk38ihd5ki3h/Book1.xlsx?dl=0) with 3 columns - Year (column A), Sales per sq.ft. (Column B) and Average sales per sq.ft. (Column C). C...
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  • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
    v-huizhn-msft
    9 years ago

    Hi dc189,

    There is no CALCULATED function in PowerBI, it should be CALCULATE.

    Why do you relate original table to a date table, you can create a calculated column in original table and get expected result.

    Yearly avg Sales per sq.ft. = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table3[Sales per sq.ft]),ALLEXCEPT(Table3,Table3[Year]))


    Please see the result in the following screenshot.



    Please let me know if you have any other questions.

    Best Regards,
    Angelia

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dc189
Helper II
9 years ago

Greg_Deckler thanks for your message. Unfortunately the second formula doesn't work. Power BI gives an error saying "the syntax for CALCULATED is incorrect".

 

The table I shared with you is part of a bigger table. What I basically is to recreate the "Yearly average Sales per sq.ft." column as below:

 

Year----Sales per sq.ft.------Yearly avg Sales per sq.ft.

 

2010---60----55

2010---50----55

2011---40----35

2011---30----35

2012---20----30

2012---40----30

 

I created a new table with just one column 'Year' and with the values 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

 

Now how do I relate this Year table with my original table to get the "Yearly avg Sales per sq.ft." column as shown?

 

Thanks,

dc189

v-huizhn-msft's avatar
v-huizhn-msft
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

Hi dc189,

There is no CALCULATED function in PowerBI, it should be CALCULATE.

Why do you relate original table to a date table, you can create a calculated column in original table and get expected result.

Yearly avg Sales per sq.ft. = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table3[Sales per sq.ft]),ALLEXCEPT(Table3,Table3[Year]))


Please see the result in the following screenshot.



Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Best Regards,
Angelia

  • dc189's avatar
    dc189
    Helper II
    9 years ago

    Thanks Angelia for your help! Your formula was helpful and led me to the following formula that also worked for me:

     

    Yearly Avg Sales per sq.ft. = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table[Sales/sq.ft.]),FILTER(Table,AND(Table[Year]=EARLIER(Table[Year]),Table[Size]<>0)))

    • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
      v-huizhn-msft
      Microsoft Employee
      9 years ago

      Hi dc189,

      I am very gald you have resolved your issue, please mark the helpful reply as answer, which will help more people.

      Best Regards,
      Angelia 

      • dc189's avatar
        dc189
        Helper II
        9 years ago

        Hello v-huizhn-msft,

         

        I also need to create a dashboard with direct query connection (not import connection). The problem is the Calculate function you suggested does not work with direct query. Is there an alternative function to Calculate so I can calculate the yearly average sales per sq.ft? Or can you make Calculate work with direct query?

         

        Thanks,

        dc189