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Rolling Average?

  • September 14, 2022
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Hi there,
I’m trying to figure out how to calculate rolling 3, 6, 12 month burn rate. What formula can I use to automatically calculate and update burn rate (or other average) based on number of past months?
Thank you!

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kuovonne
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  • September 15, 2022

Can you share screen shots that show the structure of your data?

A lot depends on how your data is setup. Do you have linked records per month? Are there multiple records per month? Or do you have a single table for all records and multiple fields?


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  • September 15, 2022

@kuovonne thank you for your reply. I have a table specifically for burn rate. I’d like to see our burn rate for the last 12 months (or 3, or 6. CUrrently, I have a formula that calculated burn rate YTD but I’d like it to be on a rolling basis((Starting balance - ending balance)/months)). Starting balance - ending balance is an easy part but currently I need to manually update the divisor . How can I get it to update automatically based on number of months, not the month we are in? Thank you!


kuovonne
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  • Brainy
  • September 15, 2022

@kuovonne thank you for your reply. I have a table specifically for burn rate. I’d like to see our burn rate for the last 12 months (or 3, or 6. CUrrently, I have a formula that calculated burn rate YTD but I’d like it to be on a rolling basis((Starting balance - ending balance)/months)). Starting balance - ending balance is an easy part but currently I need to manually update the divisor . How can I get it to update automatically based on number of months, not the month we are in? Thank you!


Can you share screen shots that show the structure of your data?