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The Moving Average is also known as the Moving Mean. This option appears when you enable the Analyze Trends option present at the upper-right part of the screen (just below the Analyze Data option) is enabled. The Moving average is calculated for the data selected with base value as "2". 

The Moving Average has three types of algorithm algorithms that are used for calculation, which can be selected from the Moving Average Type drop-down list:

• Simple: Also known as Un-weighted Moving Mean, it is the calculated averages over specific time periods divided by the total number of time periods.

• Weighted: This calculation is same as the above with

  more weightage

  a higher priority to the recent values

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  Tip
  This gives a considerable understanding of trends for analyzing data.

• Exponential: This is the quickest to respond to data value fluctuations

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  It gives a better understanding of trending data, helping you understand the mean usages and

  needs better

  additional requirements.

Figure 1: Moving Average Type options listed under the Analyze Trends option

The chart below shows an example of the weighted moving average curve for the selected data.

Figure 2: Analytics section with a Line chart after selecting Weighted moving average type

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