MEDIAN Function (DAX)

Sam McKay February 10, 2020 No Comments

How does the MEDIAN function (DAX) work?

It returns the median of numbers within a column.

Use MEDIANX function (DAX) to return the median of an evaluated expression for each row in a table.

MEDIAN Formula Syntax

MEDIAN(
<column>
)

How do you use the MEDIAN function?

MEDIAN( Table[Column] ) is equivalent to MEDIANX( Table, Table[Column] ).

Considerations when using the MEDIAN function

Only the column numbers are considered.

Blanks, logical values, and text are ignored.

Formula examples using the MEDIAN function

= MEDIAN (
Customers[Age]
)

= MEDIAN (
Sales[Sales Amount]
)

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