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Period variance mode allows you to compare time units within current and previous periods side by side, e.g.
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You must select a dimension to activate this mode; it is not available in Summary view.

Period Variance mode allows you to compare time units within current and previous periods side-by-side, for example, months of this year vs. months of last year.

 If this mode has been enabled for your site, it will become available once you select a dimension.  

 

Note that stream period variance mode is not always enabled and can only be turned on by an advanced administrator with permission (logged in as 'phocas' user).  

 

How the Phocas grid appears in this mode

The grid displays a column for all active properties in the current dimension, plus a column for current period and previous period. Variance and percentage variance columns are also displayed. 

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It is effectively a combination of Period mode and Variance mode.

The following example uses Period Variance mode in the Sales database to analyze a customer's spending for the current month, compared with the previous month.

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the variance as a percentage.

  • From the 'Sales' database select 'Ship to' dimension and select a customer (in this example, we have selected 'Autograph Advertising'). Focus on that customer.

    1. Click the Customer dimension, select the customer (Intercast Ltd), then click the Focus button. The grid displays columns for the active properties (such as Code and Name) for that dimension, a Total column, and a column for each time unit in the current period.

    2. Click Period > Current month. 

    Select 

    1. Click Mode > Period

    variance, as shown below.
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    The grid will update, as shown below, and you can now compare Autograph Advertising's results for the current month (March 2015) with the previous month (February 2015). The % variance between the months is displayed as a column.
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    All modes, Stream period variance

    1. Variance. The grid updates to display a double-height header. The upper header displays the periods, the lower headers display current, previous, variance and % variance for each period.

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    Only one measure can be used in period variance mode

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