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zgoodman
Regular Visitor
8 years ago

Moving Average

Hello, I am able to get a moving average using this formula:

^cpc_3_week = CALCULATE (
    AVERAGEX ( 'Query1', Query1[^cpc] ),
    DATESINPERIOD (
        Query1[isodate],
        LASTDATE ( Query1[isodate] ),
        -21,
        day
    )
)

As you can see here this gives me what I am looking for:

However, when I use the same formula for other moving averages it doesn't work. The only thing I am changing is "Query1[^cpc]" and this is the result:

Anyone know what the issue might be? Thanks!

6 Replies

  • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
    v-ljerr-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi zgoodman,

     

    Could you post your table structures with some sample/mock which can help us to reproduce the issue? So that we can help further investigate on it. It's better that you can just share a sample pbix file. You can upload it to OneDrive or Dropbox and post the link here. Do mask sensitive data before uploading. :smileyhappy:

     

    Regards

    • zgoodman's avatar
      zgoodman
      Regular Visitor
      8 years ago

      I found the issue. It turns out that the x-axis on my tables was by week and the calculation in my measure was by day. I didn't realize this was an issue but glad it is solved.

       

      However, this presents a new problem. I need this average but I also need to be able to display it in weekly form. It appears in my measue Day, Month, Quarter, and Year are the only ways I can calculate this. Is there any way I can do it by week instead?

      • v-ljerr-msft's avatar
        v-ljerr-msft
        Microsoft Employee
        8 years ago

        Hi zgoodman,

        However, this presents a new problem. I need this average but I also need to be able to display it in weekly form. It appears in my measue Day, Month, Quarter, and Year are the only ways I can calculate this. Is there any way I can do it by week instead?

        In this scenario, you can firstly create a custom hierarchy with your Year, Quarter, Month, WeekNum, Date column, then you should be able to use this new created hierarchy to get your expected result. :smileyhappy:

         

         

        Regards