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theusual
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Create a measure to calculate overall weighted average of ratio per category

‎04-09-2019 09:54 AM

I have a measure calculation consisting of a sum function divided by a different sum function:

=SUM() / SUM()

This ratio is used in various parts of the report.

 

The problem is currently the measure is only accurate when displayed per category in table visuals. If aggregated, for example on a card, it is inaccurate due to it summing across ALL categories and then performing the division.

 

How do I create an new measure which calculates the ratio per category and then calculates a weighted average of all the ratios?

 

Thanks!!!

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‎04-09-2019 10:45 AM

@theusual use averagex function on your measure to calculate average across all the categories.

 



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‎04-09-2019 10:45 AM

@theusual use averagex function on your measure to calculate average across all the categories.

 



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