Overview: Statistics

Use this operation to calculate statistics for selected fields. Statistics can be calculated across data rows (index based) or over a time span (time based), where the average between two consecutive timestamps is used. This operation will not affect the original dataset in any way. A new dataset will be created listing the statistics for the selected fields.

These statistics can be calculated:

minimum
maximum
kurtosis
skew
average
standard deviation
variation.

Properties

Category:	Transform
Performance risk:	Low performance risk
Knowledge required:	Working knowledge of the software.

Effect on datasets

How many datasets are required to perform this operation?	One
Does it create a new dataset?	Yes
Can you reconfigure this operation?	Yes
Can you apply this operation to a locked dataset?	Yes
Does it modify the current dataset in any way?	No

Requirements

A dataset that contains at least one integer or double field.
To calculate statistics over a time span, the dataset must have at least one timestamp field.

Results

A new dataset containing the calculated statistics for the selected fields.
The original dataset will be unaffected by this operation.