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Calculation Avr.Abs.Dev

Pascal_R
8 - Asteroid

Hi Alteryx Community Team,

 

Anyone any idea how to translate below excel formula for the Avr.Abs.Dev?

Please see attached dataset where I try to calculate it but so far I got another result in excel...

 

=ROUND(AVEDEV(Wk1:W26);1)

 

Best regards,

Pascal

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @Pascal_R 

 

AVEDEV was a new function to me hence i took reference from this blog.

https://exceljet.net/excel-functions/excel-avedev-function#:~:text=The%20Excel%20AVEDEV%20function%2....

 

I am following the calculation and getting values yours in excel.

atcodedog05_0-1622023569195.png

 

1. Convert weeks columns into rows using transpose

2. Using summarize to get average

3. Using append tool to add average as a column

4. In formula calculate abs difference (deviation)

5. Use summarize to find avg of deviation.

 

Hope this helps 🙂

mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

HI @Pascal_R ,

 

I've built this in the attached workflow. 

If you're looking for the standard deviation then there's a function for it on the Sum tool.

 

mceleavey_0-1622023643147.png

You'll then need to calculate average.

 

M.

 

 

M.

 



Bulien

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