Average 3 months data

[DMManalili]

Hi,

For your assistance please. I want to get the average of the past 3 months, however, the average result should be post to the remaining months. In the screenshot below, I created three lines items:

Commission % - input data

Latest 3 Months Average (Comm%) - I used this formula MOVINGSUM(Commission %, -2, 0, AVERAGE)

Previous 3 Months Average (Comm%) - please see formula in the screenshot.

How can I post the 5% (average of Jan, Feb, Mar) for the month of April to Dec onwards?

Thank you

[ChrisAHeathcote]

@DMManalili

I assume that there is a cut off point from which you want all future periods to be populated with the three month average. I will for this post assume that you are using current period.

If so you can use

=IF ISCURRENTPERIOD(END()) THENMOVINGSUM(Commission %, -2, 0, AVERAGE) ELSE PREVIOUS(Previous 3 Months Average (Comm%))

However, I would recommend that you use a time system module to query the Current Period as this will be useful in other formulas.

[ChrisAHeathcote · Accepted solution]

@DMManalili

If you are not use Current Period then you can LOOKUP the average and post this forward.

For this you will need to create a module containing no dimensions or time. Add a time period formatted line item and use this to inform the LOOKUP.

[DMManalili]

Thank you!