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Previous Quarter Calculation

‎06-18-2018 11:05 AM

How can I write Dax that will give me the average of Quarter 1's numbers below?:

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It's tricky because when using the AVERAGE function, I'm not allowed to select my [Retention] measure for some reason, so I've been trying to find another way to calculate this and have so it is always calculating the average retention for the previous quarter.

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‎06-18-2018 12:46 PM

Try AVERAGEX, something like:

 

Measure = AVERAGEX(FILTER('Table',[Year]=2018 && [Quarter]="Qtr 1"),[Retention])


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Greg_Deckler
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‎06-18-2018 12:46 PM

Try AVERAGEX, something like:

 

Measure = AVERAGEX(FILTER('Table',[Year]=2018 && [Quarter]="Qtr 1"),[Retention])


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‎06-18-2018 01:06 PM

@Greg_Deckler Would this work the same if the dates I'm referencing are from a different table? The date columns come from a Date table while the retention comes from my fact table. Sorry, forgot to clarify that part.

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