AVERAGEA DAX Function (Aggregation) Not recommended

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

Syntax

AVERAGEA ( <ColumnName> )
Parameter Attributes Description
ColumnName

A column that contains the values for which you want the average.

Return values

Scalar A single value of one these types: currency, decimal.

Remarks

The AVERAGEA function takes a column and averages the numbers in it.
Whenever there are no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank.

AVERAGEA manages a Boolean data type as an integer, where FALSE is 0 and TRUE is 1.
AVERAGEA always consider a string as 0, regardless of the content of the string.

It is useless to use this function in DAX with a string column because the result is always 0, resulting in a different result compared to the corresponding AVERAGEA function in Excel. In order to calculate the average of the numbers included in a column with a string data type, use AVERAGEX instead of AVERAGEA converting the column into a number using VALUE:

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Examples

-- The AVERAGEA syntax does not consider the content
-- of a string column (as Excel does)
AVERAGEA ( table[column] )

-- The following AVERAGEX syntax works correctly 
-- when table[column] is a string
AVERAGEX ( 
    table, 
    VALUE ( table[column] ) 
)
--  AVERAGE is the short version of AVERAGEX, when used with one column only
--  In DAX, there are no differences between AVERAGEA and AVERAGE
DEFINE
    MEASURE Sales[AVG Quantity 1] = AVERAGE ( Sales[Quantity] )
    MEASURE Sales[AVG Quantity 2] = AVERAGEX ( Sales, Sales[Quantity] )
    MEASURE Sales[AVG Line Amount] =
        AVERAGEX ( Sales, Sales[Quantity] * Sales[Net Price] )
EVALUATE
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS (
    'Product'[Color],
    "AVG Quantity 1", [AVG Quantity 1],
    "AVG Quantity 2", [AVG Quantity 2],
    "AVG Line Amount", [AVG Line Amount]
)
Color AVG Quantity 1 AVG Quantity 2 AVG Line Amount
Silver 1.40 1.40 344.49
Blue 1.41 1.41 388.00
White 1.40 1.40 266.75
Red 1.39 1.39 191.33
Black 1.40 1.40 243.68
Green 1.40 1.40 652.64
Orange 1.40 1.40 543.64
Pink 1.40 1.40 235.54
Yellow 1.42 1.42 47.90
Purple 1.36 1.36 79.65
Brown 1.40 1.40 559.52
Grey 1.40 1.40 411.63
Gold 1.41 1.41 365.89
Azure 1.37 1.37 244.70
Silver Grey 1.42 1.42 550.98
Transparent 1.40 1.40 3.68

More examples available for the AVERAGEX function.

Related functions

Other related functions are:

Last update: Mar 13, 2024   » Contribute   » Show contributors

Contributors: Alberto Ferrari, Marco Russo

Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dax/averagea-function-dax

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Context Transition

This function performs a Context Transition if called in a Row Context. Click to read more.

Row Context

This expression is executed in a Row Context. Click to read more.

Iterator

Not recommended

The use of this function is not recommended. See Remarks and Related functions for alternatives.

Not recommended

The use of this parameter is not recommended.

Deprecated

This function is deprecated. Jump to the Alternatives section to see the function to use.

Volatile

A volatile function may return a different result every time you call it, even if you provide the same arguments. Click to read more.

Deprecated

This parameter is deprecated and its use is not recommended.

DirectQuery compatibility

Limitations are placed on DAX expressions allowed in measures and calculated columns.
The state below shows the DirectQuery compatibility of the DAX function.

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