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Hello I have a question, I have a database with different materials that are purchased on different dates, these are in the database, and I need to calculate how often this material is being purchased, that is, for example, a material x leaves date of purchase January 1, then January 6, then January 16, So between the first 2 there are 5 days and among the others there are 10 days then the average would be 7.5 days, I need to do that for each material, the dates are all in the same column.
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Hi @Syndicate_Admin ,
Suppose we have a table:
Please try this:
Avg =
VAR _hours =
SUMX (
SUMMARIZE (
'Table',
'Table'[Material],
'Table'[Date],
"HOUR",
DATEDIFF (
'Table'[Date],
CALCULATE (
MIN ( 'Table'[Date] ),
FILTER (
ALL ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Date] > EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] )
&& 'Table'[Material] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Material] )
)
),
DAY
)
),
[HOUR]
)
VAR _times =
COUNTROWS ( 'Table' ) - 1
VAR _result =
DIVIDE(_hours,_times)
RETURN
_result
result:
Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team
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How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum
Hi @Syndicate_Admin ,
Suppose we have a table:
Please try this:
Avg =
VAR _hours =
SUMX (
SUMMARIZE (
'Table',
'Table'[Material],
'Table'[Date],
"HOUR",
DATEDIFF (
'Table'[Date],
CALCULATE (
MIN ( 'Table'[Date] ),
FILTER (
ALL ( 'Table' ),
'Table'[Date] > EARLIER ( 'Table'[Date] )
&& 'Table'[Material] = EARLIER ( 'Table'[Material] )
)
),
DAY
)
),
[HOUR]
)
VAR _times =
COUNTROWS ( 'Table' ) - 1
VAR _result =
DIVIDE(_hours,_times)
RETURN
_result
result:
Best Regards,
Gao
Community Support Team
If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
How to get your questions answered quickly -- How to provide sample data in the Power BI Forum
You should look into similar thread with accepted solution.
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Date-difference-between-values-in-same-column/m-p/454940
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