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Calculation of Standard deviation

Dhananjay123
5 - Atom

Attached is the result i am getting in a formula tool. and I want to calculate std deviation of forecast error. but when I use summarize tool it shows 0 as std deviation for all the products. 

 

std deviation.jpg

 Also the excel is attached of the data

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pedrodrfaria
13 - Pulsar

Hi @Dhananjay123 

 

Can you provide a screen shot of the configuration?

 

I was able to get a result:

 

pedrodrfaria_0-1609952378403.png

 

Pedro.

 

Dhananjay123
5 - Atom

I want it to be grouped by the product.

pedrodrfaria
13 - Pulsar

Hi @Dhananjay123 

 

There is only one value for each product, so creating a standard deviation of a single value is impossible. Comparing one value or million times a single value will always give you a standard deviation of 0.

pedrodrfaria_0-1610019312300.png

 

 

Does the dataset you are working with contain more than 1 value for each product?

 

Maybe you are thinking about it wrong inside of Alteryx. Are you trying to calculate the standard deviation for all the products and assign that value for each product? I attached an example of this as well.

 

 

pedrodrfaria_1-1610019419525.png

 

 

Dhananjay123
5 - Atom

thanks a lot!

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