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Anonymous
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How to identify values outside of averages?

Hi,

 

My aim is to identify data points where the value for a store is outside of the store's average value for that weekday by + or - 20%

 

For example, if store 1 has a Monday average of 300 and on one particular Monday they have a value of 500, I would like to see this data point as it could be flagged as a potential outlier for investigation.

 

A basic sample of the data struture is given below:

 

DateStoreValue
1/01/20201200
1/01/20202100
1/01/20203300
2/01/20201200
2/01/20202100
2/01/2020320
3/01/20201300
3/01/20202200
3/01/20203100
4/01/20201100
4/01/20202100
4/01/2020325
5/01/20201400
5/01/20202300
5/01/202031000
6/01/20201200
6/01/20202100
6/01/2020340
7/01/202010
7/01/202021000
7/01/2020320

How should I go about creating a measure and visualisaing this?

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Anonymous
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@Anonymous 
The 3 tables should have linked together. 

 

1. Create a Weekday column in Date Table

Weekday = WEEKDAY(DateTable [Date],2)

 

2. The measure can be something like:

 

Outlier = 
Var AvgStoreWeekday= calculate(Average(DataTable[Value]), filter(all(storetable),[storename]=max([storename])),filter(all(datetable),[weekday]=max([weekday]))
Var diffpercent= (Diff = Sum(DataTable[Value]) - [AvgStoreWeekday]) / [AvgStoreWeekday]

Return  IF([diffpercent]<-0.2 || [diffpercent]>0.2), Sum(DataTable[Value]), 0)

 

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Ashish_Mathur
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Super User

Hi,

You may download my PBI file from here.

Hope this helps.

Untitled.png


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/

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Ashish_Mathur
Super User
Super User

Hi,

You may download my PBI file from here.

Hope this helps.

Untitled.png


Regards,
Ashish Mathur
http://www.ashishmathur.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/excelenthusiasts/
Anonymous
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@Anonymous 
The 3 tables should have linked together. 

 

1. Create a Weekday column in Date Table

Weekday = WEEKDAY(DateTable [Date],2)

 

2. The measure can be something like:

 

Outlier = 
Var AvgStoreWeekday= calculate(Average(DataTable[Value]), filter(all(storetable),[storename]=max([storename])),filter(all(datetable),[weekday]=max([weekday]))
Var diffpercent= (Diff = Sum(DataTable[Value]) - [AvgStoreWeekday]) / [AvgStoreWeekday]

Return  IF([diffpercent]<-0.2 || [diffpercent]>0.2), Sum(DataTable[Value]), 0)

 

Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
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Super User

@Anonymous , Create a weekday column

Weekday = WEEKDAY([Date],2)

 

Avg Store Weekday= calculate(Average(Table[Value]), Allexcept(Table,Table[Store],Table[Weekday]))

 

You can take Diff with this Avg

 

Diff = Sum(Table[Value]) - [Avg Store Weekday]

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Anonymous
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This almost worked. Assuming I have 3 tables - Date, Store, Data ; How do I adjust the formula to refer to the Weekday column from my date table and the Store Name from my Store table?

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