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Hi all,
Could you please explain to me what's the difference between a Variance measure and difference measure?
The difference calculation is TY - LY
I've seen a few types of ways to calculate the VAR, but I would to undertsand the meaning of each measure.
Many thanks!
@ROG , if you talking about a variable VAR in power bi, that is there to hold a value.
While Variance and difference have different statistical meanings. Usually, in BI tool both are used for difference
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