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Calculate Average of text Values in power bi

‎09-30-2022 07:18 AM

Hi

 

I need to calculate average for the number of orders that have been placed under different industries. However, the orders are VARCHAR values. Can someone advise how i can do that? 

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‎10-01-2022 03:07 PM

create a measure that uses VALUE() or change the column type.

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