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Measures Can Do Math

Part of the Power BI Basics section of Coddy's Power BI journey. Lesson 11 of 28.

A measure can do math with results: + - * /.

Average Price Paid = SUM(Sales[Amount]) / SUM(Sales[Quantity])

Each SUM is worked out for the bar's rows first; then they are divided.

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What does a customer pay per item, on average? Write Average Price Paid: the total of Sales[Amount] divided by the total of Sales[Quantity]. It is checked by category.

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