Skip to main content
Question

Averaging Select Rows


Forum|alt.badge.img+2

I am collecting grades for students, a few of the grade types have subcategories that need to be averaged (some of the nomenclature is strange as it’s being translated from another language). I need to calculate a “Values” score by averaging the “Honesty”, “Empathy”, “Lucidity”, Performance”, “Respect” scores. I’m trying to keep the table design very simple as we will need to eventually translate and teach non-English speakers how to use it. 

 

Is there a way to calculate averages only for select rows, by student? (I would like to calculate a Values score and a Property Respect score by averaging the relevant subcomponents). I understand I can see it with a View, but I want to be able to calculate the actual number to put in a clean interface view.

 

And if I need to collect this data monthly, are the columns I have for Month/Year the best way to do that, and we would just continue adding rows?

 

 

 

TheTimeSavingCo
Forum|alt.badge.img+28

Is there a way to calculate averages only for select rows, by student?

 

I’d recommend a new table where each record represented a single value for a single student, and you’d use an automation to create that record

---

And if I need to collect this data monthly, are the columns I have for Month/Year the best way to do that, and we would just continue adding rows?

 

I’d also recommend a new table for this where each record represented a single student, value, and month year I think

 

I’ve set it up here for you to check out!

 

 

And the automation would look like this:

Trigger
Update record

 


Forum|alt.badge.img+2
  • New Participant
  • March 21, 2025

Thank you! I should also be able to add scores that don’t have subcomponents that need to be averaged in this setup? (For example Math - each student will just have a Math score - not a Math score comprised of subcomponents).

 

How do you setup the rollup to take the average by student? I think this part gets tricky. For example I want Jerry to have a Values Score which is the average of 5 subcomponents, and I also want him to have a Math score which has no subcomponents that need to be averaged, but we could look at an average per month.


Mike_AutomaticN
Forum|alt.badge.img+23

Hey ​@VLauren!

 

Yes, all of the above is possible. However, how to achieve this will depend on what your current architecture looks like. 
 

Would you mind sharing some more screenshots of your different tables? 
 

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 


TheTimeSavingCo
Forum|alt.badge.img+28

Hmm, not entirely sure I follow.  I’ve made some edits to the original base, if you could let me know 

where I got it wrong I’ll see what I can do!

 

 

 

 

 

 


Reply