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Average, Averagea & Averagex Functions

The document discusses the DAX functions AVERAGE, AVERAGEA, and AVERAGEX. AVERAGE returns the average of numeric values in a column. AVERAGEA handles text and non-numeric values. AVERAGEX calculates the average of expressions evaluated over rows. Examples of each function are provided using sample data.

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Average, Averagea & Averagex Functions

The document discusses the DAX functions AVERAGE, AVERAGEA, and AVERAGEX. AVERAGE returns the average of numeric values in a column. AVERAGEA handles text and non-numeric values. AVERAGEX calculates the average of expressions evaluated over rows. Examples of each function are provided using sample data.

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AVERAGE, AVERAGEA & AVERAGEX

Functions
 by Power BI Docs
 DAX

Power Bi DAX functions AVERAGE, AVERAGEA & AVERAGEX are returns the average


(arithmetic mean) of all the numbers in a column, All functions comes under statistical
functions Dax categories.

1- AVERAGE DAX Function:


Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of all the numbers in a column.

Syntax:

AVERAGE(<Column>)Copy
Description:

S no. Parameter Description

1 column The column that contains the numbers for which you want the average.

Dataset format as below:

ID Amount Blank Boolean SalesDate Name

1 TRUE 29/5/2020 A

2 1000 FALSE B

3 2000 TRUE 29/5/2020

4 1000 FALSE 28/5/2020 C

Note:

1. This function takes the specified column as an argument and finds the average of
the values in that column.
2. Does not support Logical value & Text Value
3. Cells with the value zero are included.
4. If Data type is Integer/ Numeric/ Decimal, Average skip the null value.
Let’s create measure for Average function with different-different columns

Average with ID column:

AVERAGE 1 =

AVERAGE(SampleTable[ID]) ---- Output = 2.50

Copy

Average with Amount column:

AVERAGE 2=

AVERAGE(SampleTable[Amount])Copy

Output = 1333.33, Amount column contains 3 values with 1 blank value, so total no of
rows are 4 but Amount column data type is Int. So Avg skip the null value now total no
of rows are 3 and it will divide total sum of amount with 3.

2- AVERAGEA DAX Function:


Returns the average (arithmetic mean) of the values in a column. Handles text and non-
numeric values.
Syntax:

AVERAGEA(<Column>)Copy

Description:

S no. Parameter Description

1 column The column that contains the numbers for which you want the average.

Note :

The AVERAGEA function takes a column and averages the numbers, but also handles
non-numeric data types according to the following rules:

1. It support Logical values.


2. Logical value TRUE count as 1 &  FALSE count as 0 (zero).
3. Values that contain non-numeric text count as 0 (zero).
4. Empty text (“”) counts as 0 (zero).
Let’s create measure for AVERAGEA function with different-different columns

AVERAGEA with ID column:

AVERAGEA 1 =

AVERAGEA(SampleTable[ID])-- Output = 2.50Copy

AVERAGEA with Amount column:


AVERAGEA 2=

AVERAGEA(SampleTable[Amount])--- Output = 1333.33Copy

AVERAGEA with Logical value:

AVERAGEA With Boolean =

AVERAGEA(SampleTable[Boolean]) --- Output = 0.50Copy

As per Sample data set we have 2 True values & 2 False values under “Boolean” column,
So AVERAGEA consider True as 1 and False as 0, that’s mean Total Sum of Boolean
column values are 2 and no of values are 4, so it will divide 2 with 4 and ans will be 0.50.

3- AVERAGEX DAX Function:


Calculates the average (arithmetic mean) of a set of expressions evaluated over a table.

Syntax:

AVERAGEX(<table>,<expression>)Copy

Description:

S no. Parameter Description


Name of a table, or an expression that specifies the table over which the aggregation can
1 table
performed.

An expression with a scalar result, which will be evaluated for each row of the table in t
2 expression
first argument.

Note:

1. The function takes a table as its first argument, and an expression as the second
argument.
2. The AVERAGEX function enables you to evaluate expressions for each row of a
table, and then take the resulting set of values and calculate its arithmetic mean.
3.  You cannot include non-numeric or null cells. Both the table and expression
arguments are required.
4. When there are no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank. When there
are rows, but none of them meet the specified criteria, then the function returns
0.
5. Does not support Logical/ boolean values.
Let’s create measure for AVERAGEX function with different-different columns

AVERAGEX with ID column:

AVERAGEX 1 =

AVERAGEX(SampleTable,SampleTable[ID])Copy

AVERAGEX with Amount column:


AVERAGEX 2 =

AVERAGEX(SampleTable, SampleTable[Amount])--- Output = 1333.33

Copy

You can use Filter DAX function with AVERAGEX :


Suppose you want see Average of Amount column values where amount values are
equal to 1000.

AVERAGEX With Filter =

AVERAGEX(

FILTER(SampleTable, SampleTable[Amount]=1000),

SampleTable[Amount]

Output = 1000Copy

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