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sfink22
Helper I
Helper I

Weighted average table calculation

Hello! Trying to build what I had assumed was a simple table that is proving much more difficult. My source table is project & team data that looks something like this:

 

Category     Team 1   Team 2   Team 3   Team 4

A                   0.5            0             0.6          0.25

A                   1.0            0.3          0.5           0      

B                  0.25          0.75          0            0.5

 

There are several lines for each category of project - for example, there can be 20 lines of Cat A, 15 of Cat B, etc.

In my dashboard I inserted a table that sums all of the numbers for each column based on Category, with team totals and row totals (inserted as a Calculated Column). So the dashboard table looks something like this, using the data from the example above:

 

Category     Team 1   Team 2   Team 3   Team 4     Total

A                   1.5            0.3          1.1          0.25       3.15

B                  0.25          0.75          0            0.5          1.5

Total            1.75          1.05         1.1          0.75        4.65

 

I'm  trying to build another table that calculates weighted averages for this data. So for example, I want the number in Category A and Team 1 to calculate this: ((Team 1 total) / (Total total)) * (Team 1 Category A) = ((1.75) / (4.65)) * (1.5). I want this calculation in each of the cells of the table (obviously excluding the Total row/column).

 

I've tried the Quick Measure for weighted average but couldn't get it to calculate correctly, or have it broken down by the right category (which in this case is named Category). Can anyone help me understand either the way to format the table so I get this information or the DAX equations to use? Thanks!

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Vvelarde
Community Champion
Community Champion

@sfink22 

 

Hi, try with this:

 

Step 1: Unpivot Data

    Go to Query Editor Select the Category Column and Unpivot Other Columns -- Close & Apply

Img1.png

Step 2: Create a measure:

 

WeightedAverage = 
VAR _SumValues=SUM(Table1[Value])
VAR _TeamTotal=CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Value]),ALL(Table1[Category]))
VAR _Total=CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Value]),ALL(Table1))

RETURN
DIVIDE(_TeamTotal ,_Total) * _SumValues

Step3 : Use in a matrix visual

 

img2.png

 

 

 

Regards

 

Victor




Lima - Peru

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sfink22
Helper I
Helper I

Thank you!! It worked!

Vvelarde
Community Champion
Community Champion

@sfink22 

 

Hi, try with this:

 

Step 1: Unpivot Data

    Go to Query Editor Select the Category Column and Unpivot Other Columns -- Close & Apply

Img1.png

Step 2: Create a measure:

 

WeightedAverage = 
VAR _SumValues=SUM(Table1[Value])
VAR _TeamTotal=CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Value]),ALL(Table1[Category]))
VAR _Total=CALCULATE(SUM(Table1[Value]),ALL(Table1))

RETURN
DIVIDE(_TeamTotal ,_Total) * _SumValues

Step3 : Use in a matrix visual

 

img2.png

 

 

 

Regards

 

Victor




Lima - Peru

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