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Introduction
Its always smart to be well informed on how your planned financial data looks against your current
stats. But have you ever wondered, if you could have also compared your multiple forecasts
versions, only to get you more clarity on your future business decisions, with minimal effort?
With SAP Analytics Cloud(SAC), version management and calculation Input controls , it is possible
to create dynamic variance between multiple versions on a table.
Scenario
In this blog, we will create dynamic variance on multiple versions within a single table in SAC.
You can create either a classic or unified Story. Add table. Choose a planning model which you
would like to create this dynamic variance on. Make sure model has multiple versions to play
around. Add required dimensions(including versions) , accounts and measure.
We will now create restricted measures to differentiate between versions type. In my case , I have
two categories, Forecast and Actual. I will be creating two restricted measures by adding new
Calculation from table builder panel. You can modify this based on your requirement like published
or unpublished versions etc..
Add calculation
Forecast Restricted Measure
In Values for Version Dimension, create a calculation input control. Select values for that input
control. in my case, I have selected both forecast versions
In this last step, we will create table client calculation to compare 2 selected version. This can be
done by selecting both version columns.
Table client calculation
A new column will be added which will show difference between the two version columns. I have
renamed it as Variance
Final result
Well done!!
You have successfully create dynamic variance with versions on Table. To see this in action, you
can change the versions from calculation input control to notice Variance column dynamically
changes.
Dynamic Variance between versions on Table
Bonus Tip
If you have currency data and your model is Currency conversion enabled. You can get the variance
in the recepective currencies. Only to be sure of using the currency conversion measure or base
measure with currency enable. To learn more about currency conversion please refer Plan with
Currency Conversion