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AVERAGEA Function

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

Syntax

AVERAGEA(<column>)

Parameters

Term

Definition

column

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

Return Value

A decimal number.

Remarks

The AVERAGEA function takes a column and averages the numbers in it, but also handles non-numeric data types according to the following rules:

  • Values that evaluates to TRUE count as 1.

  • Values that evaluate to FALSE count as 0 (zero).

  • Values that contain non-numeric text count as 0 (zero).

  • Empty text ("") counts as 0 (zero).

If you do not want to include logical values and text representations of numbers in a reference as part of the calculation, use the AVERAGE function.

Whenever there are no rows to aggregate, the function returns a blank.  However, if there are rows, but none of them meet the specified criteria, the function returns 0. Microsoft Excel also returns a zero if no rows are found that meet the conditions.

Example

The following example returns the average of non-blank cells in the referenced column, given the following table. If you used the AVERAGE function, the mean would be 21/2; with the AVERAGEA function, the result is 22/5.

Transaction ID

Amount

Result

0000123

1

Counts as 1

0000124

20

Counts as 20

0000125

n/a

Counts as 0

0000126

Counts as 0

0000126

TRUE

Counts as 1

=AVERAGEA([Amount])

See Also

Reference

AVERAGE Function

AVERAGEX Function

Other Resources

Statistical Functions (DAX)