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Hello all,

 

I am still trying to get my head wrapped around this idea of an LOD calc and I need someone to double check my work.

 

Here is my case use scenario:

I am trying to visualized the costs associated with my company's wireless program.  The question at hand is "What is the average cost for a device type (i.e. iPhone, Tablet) for the last 6 months per organization.  In other words, what I am trying to do is to compare the last 6 months costs for a device from Org A to Org B to Org C.

 

Let's say Org A is paying an average of $48 a month for an iPhone and Org B is paying an average of $59 a month for a iPhone, I can use this knowledge to help negotiate a better rate with the carrier.

 

The LOD I am currently using is this:

 

{FIXED [Device ID]:SUM(IF [Month of Service]>=DATEADD('month',-6,{max([Month of Service])}) THEN [Monthly Charge] END)} / 6

 

What is throwing me off is that a the Device ID level which is the lowest granularity, there is two charges for one months:

 

Jan 2019 - SP-352009064586279 $15

Jan 2019 - SP-352009064586279 $25

 

So the total charge here is $40 and the average cost should be $40 for this example.  Tableau gives me a average cost of $20 as there are two rows in this example.  I have tried an Exclude LOD as well but that doesn't seem to work for me as well.

 

Ultimately what I am trying to show is a bar graph that show the last 6 months average cost per device type per org.  Beside it I would show the monthly costs on a line graph per org, like this:

 

LOD Calc - Is it right???

 

I have attached a workbook and an Excel file which is my dataset.

 

Thank you,

 

Scott

 

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Message was edited by: Scott Carman

I reattached my Excel Data Set as there was an issue with the date field.

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