Function avg

avg( attribute, name?, format?): BaseMeasure

Creates an average aggregation measure over the given attribute.

Both average() and avg() can be used interchangeably.

Note: Only numeric attributes are supported.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`attribute`	`Attribute`	Attribute to aggregate
`name`?	`string`	Optional name for the new measure
`format`?	`string`	Optional numeric formatting to apply using a Numeral.js format string. Can only be used for explicit queries. Cannot be used in charts, tables, etc.

A measure instance

Calculate the average cost across all items in a category from the Sample Ecommerce data model.

measureFactory.avg(DM.Commerce.Cost)