DAX Statistical - XIRR function



Description

Returns the internal rate of return for a schedule of cash flows that is not necessarily periodic. DAX XIRR function is new in Excel 2016.

Syntax

XIRR (<table>, <values>, <dates>, [<guess>]) 

Parameters

Sr.No. Parameter & Description
1

table

A table for which the values and dates expressions should be calculated.

2

values

An expression that returns the cash flow value for each row of the table.

3

dates

An expression that returns the cash flow date for each row of the table.

4

guess

Optional.

An initial guess for the internal rate of return. If omitted, the default guess of 0.1 is used.

Return Value

Internal rate of return for the given inputs.

If the calculation fails to return a valid result, an error is returned.

Remarks

The value is calculated as the rate that satisfies the following function −

$$\sum_{j=1}^N\:\frac{P_{j}}{(1+rate)\frac{d_{j}-d_{1}}{365}}$$

Where $P_{j}$ is the j-th payment $d_{j}$ payment date, and $d_{1}$ is the first payment date.

The series of cash flow values must contain at least one positive number and one negative number.

Example

= XIRR (CashFlows,[AMOUNT],[DATE]) 
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