Variance Threshold
The Variance Threshold parameter is used to store threshold values. Variance Threshold can be represented in several formats, depending on the type of threshold values. This option is available for the following report templates:
- Financial Statement
- Multi-Column
- Waterfall
- Multiple Scenario Analysis
- Components
- Ranking
- Trends
- Value Tree
- Benchmark
- Compare Trend
- Home Page
- Free Format Template
Variance Threshold Formats
You can specify the threshold format in the following ways:
- In absolute values “-5;5”
- In percentage values “-9%;9%”
- To use both absolute and percentage variances (When doing so there is the option to use 'And' or 'Or')
- As a combination of absolute and percentage values with one of the values missing “-9%;9%,5” or “-9%,-5;9%” or “-5;9%,5”. If the value is missing then it is treated as 0
- Decimal values like “-9.9%, -5.5;9.9%,5.5” can be specified
- The valuation of the account is taken into consideration (Revenue is counted as positive and Costs as negative)
Suppress Variance Settings
There are different options to suppress the variance:
| Option | Result |
|---|---|
| Never | Variance is not suppressed |
| Always | Variance is always suppressed |
Zero Base |
Variance is suppressed when the base is zero |
| No Base | Variance is suppressed when there is no base in it |
| Zero Ref | Variance is suppressed when the reference is zero |
| No Ref | Variance is suppressed when there is no reference in it |
| Zeros | Variance is suppressed when the result is zero |
Examples
The examples below represent the same report with different threshold formats applied.
Example 1: Variance Threshold in absolute values “-5;5”
Example 2: Variance Threshold in percentage values “-9%;9%”
Example 3: Variance Threshold as combination of absolute and percentage values with the OR function “-9%;9%,-5;5”
When the variance calculation is outside the ranges of -9% - 9% or -5 - 5 it should be Negative or Positive otherwise it is Neutral.
Example 4: Variance Threshold as combination of absolute and percentage values with the AND function “-9%;9%,-5;5”
When the variance calculation is outside the ranges of -9% - 9% and -5 - 5 it should be Negative or Positive otherwise it is Neutral.