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Compare to column average

Comparisons are easy with nextanalytics! In this example, you'll see how to compare numbers to the column average, and express the results as a percentage.

Load the sales data

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  1. adddata , actuals.csv

This is sample data that will be used to demonstrate how easy it is to convert data into a percent of the column average

Name Region Position 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 07/06 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 12/06
Ted Burton Central Account Manager 33,900 62,100 106,200 37,100 115,600 151,700 58,500 102,400 177,700 83,000 133,600 210,400
Nell Gordon Central Sr. Account Manager 87,200 172,700 300,100 85,700 49,400 47,500 68,700 11,400 123,200 109,200 202,100 152,400
Bonnie Mills Central Account Manager 25,800 75,100 77,300 71,500 32,900 14,700 44,000 13,400 227,000 98,400 120,000 173,800
Juan Perez Central Account Manager 25,000 32,900 117,600 67,900 104,600 62,700 55,600 54,800 18,000 18,500 109,600 233,000
Jonathan Ryan Central Account Representative 0 0 0 0 0 0 16,600 32,000 34,800 6,700 4,800 84,800
Marcus Saul Central Account Manager 25,000 46,000 22,500 25,800 76,400 199,200 11,100 67,800 203,300 44,100 65,300 193,500
Jerry Wong Central Sr. Account Manager 99,000 159,700 63,200 7,200 169,700 286,200 83,700 231,600 251,700 155,600 208,000 314,900
Will Hill Federal Account Representative 16,200 15,700 22,300 13,500 43,100 29,900 11,900 46,600 44,200 32,000 6,100 122,600
Gil Jacobs Federal Account Manager 57,600 42,500 88,200 23,600 74,700 186,400 66,400 113,700 214,900 18,300 142,700 198,700
Larry Kelley Federal Account Manager 1,200 22,900 97,400 68,700 99,200 38,100 86,900 107,600 31,700 63,900 109,500 203,800

 

 Compare to the column average

Script (continued)
  1. Compare , ToAxis , PercentOf , Average , Column ,,,0,0,0,0,False,False,Current
  2. ChangeAlertTo,axis,-1,Column,Average,0,True,bright,-1

The column averages are dynamically calculated and then all the values are converted to being a percent of that average. With a simple one line command, a powerful dynamic metric is created. Such newly created metrics can become the basis of further operations and used to drive other analytical steps that follow. Note: The color coding (through alerts) is optional and, in this case, we've applied the color coding by comparing against the column average.

Name Region Position 01/06 02/06 03/06 04/06 05/06 06/06 07/06 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 12/06
Ted Burton Central Account Manager 92 98 112 96 148 128 131 122 145 141 176 144
Nell Gordon Central Sr. Account Manager 238 271 317 222 63 40 154 14 100 185 266 104
Bonnie Mills Central Account Manager 70 118 82 186 42 12 98 16 185 167 158 119
Juan Perez Central Account Manager 68 52 124 176 134 53 124 65 15 31 144 159
Jonathan Ryan Central Account Representative 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 38 28 11 6 58
Marcus Saul Central Account Manager 68 72 24 67 98 168 25 81 165 75 86 132
Jerry Wong Central Sr. Account Manager 270 251 67 19 217 242 187 276 205 264 274 215
Will Hill Federal Account Representative 44 25 24 35 55 25 27 56 36 54 8 84
Gil Jacobs Federal Account Manager 157 67 93 61 96 157 149 136 175 31 188 136
Larry Kelley Federal Account Manager 3 36 103 178 127 32 194 128 26 108 144 139