SAS VA YOY PROFIT VARIANCE using a filter

[chrisjab]

Hello All,

I am trying to incorporate a YOY Profit Variance formula in cross table using the following data:

Age Group: 18-25, 26-35, 36-55, 55+

Profit: $DOLLAR

Activity Date

Current/Previous Year Flag: CY, PY

My ideal output would be:

                       CY - Current Yr    PY - Current Yr     Var.

Age 18-25     $  146,888      $  104,138    41%

Age 26-35     $    91,169      $  111,672   -18%

Age 36-55     $  120,281      $    86,284    39%

Age 55+        $  144,021      $    92,877    55%

Total             $  502,359      $  394,971    27% 

I tried the following formula however; it did not work

 [(IF Current/Previous Year Flag = CY

 RETURN PROFIT) /

(IF Current/Previous Year Flag = PY

RETURN PROFIT)] -1 

format: PERCENT

Can someone help please?

Thank you,

CJ

[ShannonMoore]

CJ, Did you try to nest the formula? My example is: ( 'Sales Rep Actual'n - 'Sales Rep Target'n ) / 'Sales Rep Target'n and set the format to Percent. I have included a couple of screenshots.  Shannon  PS You MAY need to check the aggregation.

[Renato_sas]

To complement what @ShannonMoore said, you would need to derive the equivalent of Shannon's Sales Rep Actual and Sales Rep Target. In your case, those would be Profit CY and Profit PY, defined respectively as:

IF Current/Previous Year Flag = CY

RETURN Profit

ELSE missing

IF Current/Previous Year Flag = PY

RETURN Profit

ELSE missing

Best,

Renato