3499087 - Understanding the result of Period over Period calculation with dynamic filters, using BW Live Connection

The correspondent business scenario requires an SAP Analytics Cloud Story to be built.
The Story designer wants to create Time Calculations like Variance on Time, Difference from calculation, or even just creating a Restricted Measure using Time Calculations.

In context of time functions like Period over Period calculation, some resulting numbers require additional explanation.

The result can be tricky if the reference time interval is filtered out.

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