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Alice08
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Power BI desktop query - bar chart

I want to add an average line in a bar chart visual which looks like below -

 

Alice08_0-1708874830261.png

 

Legends - Year (2023 and 2024)

condition is it should only diplay the average value for year 2023 and it should display both years data as well.

is ther any way we can achieve this?

 

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v-kaiyue-msft
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Hi @Alice08 ,

1. Create a measure, write an expression, and calculate the desired average. The following expression calculates the average monthly sales in 2013.

Measure =
VAR _sum = CALCULATE(SUM(financials[Sales]),FILTER(ALL('financials'),'financials'[Year] = "2013"))
VAR _num = CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT('financials'[Month Number]),FILTER(ALL('financials'),'financials'[Year] = "2013"))
RETURN
DIVIDE(_sum,_num)

2. Click the magnifying glass in the visualizations pane->constant line->add line.
line -> value -> fx, put the created measure value.

vkaiyuemsft_0-1709003788089.png

 

vkaiyuemsft_1-1709003788090.png

3. The final result is shown in the figure below.

vkaiyuemsft_2-1709003815831.png

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

 

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-kaiyue-msft
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Hi @Alice08 ,

1. Create a measure, write an expression, and calculate the desired average. The following expression calculates the average monthly sales in 2013.

Measure =
VAR _sum = CALCULATE(SUM(financials[Sales]),FILTER(ALL('financials'),'financials'[Year] = "2013"))
VAR _num = CALCULATE(DISTINCTCOUNT('financials'[Month Number]),FILTER(ALL('financials'),'financials'[Year] = "2013"))
RETURN
DIVIDE(_sum,_num)

2. Click the magnifying glass in the visualizations pane->constant line->add line.
line -> value -> fx, put the created measure value.

vkaiyuemsft_0-1709003788089.png

 

vkaiyuemsft_1-1709003788090.png

3. The final result is shown in the figure below.

vkaiyuemsft_2-1709003815831.png

If your Current Period does not refer to this, please clarify in a follow-up reply.

 

Best Regards,

Clara Gong

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

lbendlin
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Use the "Line and Clustered Column Chart" and provide your own measure for the 2023 average (as the line)

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Can you elaborate please?

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