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AmanSShergill
New Member

Can PowerBi give me Z-Scores

Hi,

 

I have a large dataset linked into powerbi which is currently creating me great dashboards.

However, is it possible for PowerBi to give me Z scores on certain variables based on others:

       Example - Z-Score for Person A's total steps for today compared to a normal Thursday.

 

I do not have the Z values in the raw dataset - im looking for PowerBi to create it itself and then plot it in my charts.

 

Thanks

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v-caliao-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@AmanSShergill,

 

Based on my reserach, there is a function to return Z-Score directly. We need to calculated in DAX.

Mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))

StandardDeviation = CALCULATE(STDEV.P(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))

Z-Score column = (Table1[Steps]-Table1[Mean])/Table1[StandardDeviation]

 

measure

Z-Score measure =
var mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))
var StandardDeviation = CALCULATE(STDEV.P(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))
return (SUM(Table1[Steps])-mean)/StandardDeviation

Capture.PNG

Regards,

Charlie Liao

 

 

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MartynasBI
Frequent Visitor

Hi,

 

I have encountered a similar challenge.

 

I would like to calculate z scores that would be responsive to several filters/slicers in the report view, which come from different tables.

 

Model view:

MartynasBI_0-1685085849635.png

 

Link to data source:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aRCwOmyTxZvV5P-UobNtLOpV1B7mq1jeE3SEs-FMDRE/edit#gid=1463157...

 

The correct example below that I would like to get (please note for z score I use stdev.S function when calculating standard deviation):

MartynasBI_1-1685085952370.png

 

The incorrect values I get in Power BI:

MartynasBI_2-1685085985232.png

 

 

Some code examples I've tried:

1) 

ChatGPT z score =
VAR SelectedMetric = SELECTEDVALUE('Financial items'[Metric])
VAR SelectedYear = SELECTEDVALUE('Financial items'[Year])
VAR SelectedIndustry = SELECTEDVALUE(CompanyList[industry-category])
VAR Mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Financial items'[Value_usd]), ALLEXCEPT('Financial items', 'Financial items'[Metric], 'Financial items'[Year], CompanyList[industry-category]))
VAR StandardDeviation = CALCULATE(STDEV.S('Financial items'[Value_usd]), ALLEXCEPT('Financial items', 'Financial items'[Metric], 'Financial items'[Year], CompanyList[industry-category]))
VAR SelectedValueUSD = SELECTEDVALUE('Financial items'[Value_usd])
RETURN
   IF(ISBLANK(SelectedMetric) || ISBLANK(SelectedYear) || ISBLANK(SelectedIndustry) || ISBLANK(SelectedValueUSD),
        BLANK(),
        (SelectedValueUSD - Mean) / StandardDeviation
    )
 
2) 
Measure z score =
VAR SelectedMetric = SELECTEDVALUE('Financial items'[Metric])
VAR SelectedYear = SELECTEDVALUE('Financial items'[Year])
VAR SelectedIndustry = SELECTEDVALUE(CompanyList[industry-category])
VAR Mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Financial items'[Value_usd]), ALLEXCEPT('Financial items', 'Financial items'[Metric], 'Financial items'[Year]),ALLEXCEPT(CompanyList,CompanyList[industry-category]))
VAR StandardDeviation = CALCULATE(STDEV.P('Financial items'[Value_usd]), ALLEXCEPT('Financial items', 'Financial items'[Metric], 'Financial items'[Year]), ALLEXCEPT(CompanyList,CompanyList[industry-category]))
VAR SelectedValueUSD = SELECTEDVALUE('Financial items'[Value_usd])
RETURN
   IF(ISBLANK(SelectedMetric) || ISBLANK(SelectedYear) || ISBLANK(SelectedIndustry) || ISBLANK(SelectedValueUSD),
        BLANK(),
        (SelectedValueUSD - Mean) / StandardDeviation
    )
 
Thank you in advance

 

 

 

 

v-caliao-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@AmanSShergill,

 

Based on my reserach, there is a function to return Z-Score directly. We need to calculated in DAX.

Mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))

StandardDeviation = CALCULATE(STDEV.P(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))

Z-Score column = (Table1[Steps]-Table1[Mean])/Table1[StandardDeviation]

 

measure

Z-Score measure =
var mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))
var StandardDeviation = CALCULATE(STDEV.P(Table1[Steps]),ALLEXCEPT(Table1,Table1[WeekDayName]))
return (SUM(Table1[Steps])-mean)/StandardDeviation

Capture.PNG

Regards,

Charlie Liao

 

 

Hi, i'm tryin this, buy i have a error, can you help me?

z-sore =
var mean = CALCULATE(AVERAGE('DB'[ACEL ]), ALLEXCEPT('DB', 'DB'[JUGADOR]),
var sd = CALCULATE(STDEV.P('DB'[ACEL ]), ALLEXCEPT('DB', 'DB'[JUGADOR])
    return(SUM('DB'[ACEL ] - 'DB'[mean]) / 'DB'[sd])
 
La sintaxis de "return" no es correcta

Why do you include the allexept statement? What does that do? Do you need that when you look at it for an entire population without any comparison to determine the z-score for each item?

thanks a lot, Charlie 

you really helped me. 

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