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Challenge #3: Running Averages

David-Carnes
12 - Quasar

Started with the brute force approach but then didn't want to cut, paste, and adjust the same tool eleven times.  Macro?  Stared at the ceiling for about a minute, thinking it through.  No. Oh wait, the easier answer is to...

 

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alexo
8 - Asteroid

This one was neat. I used a separate path for the 3 month / 6 month averages, transpose + a multi row formula to calculate averages, and then joined it all back together.


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acastelazo
8 - Asteroid

Here is my solution. There is an error in the solution starting in line 73 of the 6 month averages where they are using records from the previous HP Category.

 


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RotesDB
8 - Asteroid

 

 

 


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LukeG
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Here is my solution!


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KMcKean
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

My solution!  I was originally going to just do two multi-row formulas for every category, since that was obvious and sure to work.  But about halfway through I got bored and decided to see if I could Cross Tab it and make it shorter.

It was definitely more work tinkering to get it working this way, but a lot more fun!




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ascepkova002
8 - Asteroid

My solution to this week's challenge below


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ElijahRobb
6 - Meteoroid
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joelmiller6685
5 - Atom

Weekly Challenge 3 Solution

 

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jmp
7 - Meteor

My solution


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