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BartVW
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6 years ago
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Calculate average based on dynamic column reference

Hi all   I have source file with following columns: Country, Retailer, Division, Product, 007.2020, 008.2020, 009.2020, 010.2020, 011.2020, 012.2020, 001.2021, Result.   I would like to calculate...
  • Jimmy801's avatar
    6 years ago

    Hello BartVW 

     

    in order to create a dynamically solution, you have to tell us what can be a rule, to select the correct columns. Here an example where I calculated the average of all columns that contain a ".". If this is your requirement, you can use the code, otherwise tell us all names of your columns, and we will find another logic. Replace the source-step and changedtype with your real data table

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMlTSUTICYmMgNgFiUyA2A2JzpdhYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, Column2 = _t, #"007.2020" = _t, #"008.2020" = _t, #"009.2020" = _t, #"010.2020" = _t, Result = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", Int64.Type}, {"Column2", Int64.Type}, {"007.2020", Int64.Type}, {"008.2020", Int64.Type}, {"009.2020", Int64.Type}, {"010.2020", Int64.Type}, {"Result", Int64.Type}}),
        AddAverageOfMonths = Table.AddColumn
        (
            #"Changed Type",
            "AverageMonth",
            (row)=> List.Average(Record.FieldValues(Record.SelectFields(row, List.Select(Table.ColumnNames(#"Changed Type"), each Text.Contains(_,".")))))
        )
    in
        AddAverageOfMonths

     

    Copy paste this code to the advanced editor in a new blank query to see how the solution works.

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    Have fun

    Jimmy