---
url: /set-instructions/variance-percent-using-prior-two-members.md
description: >-
  Creates a percentage variance entry from the last two members in the working
  set - later versus earlier.
---

# Variance % Using Prior Two Members

The percentage equivalent of [Variance Using Prior Two Members](/set-instructions/variance-using-prior-two-members) - appends a computed percentage variance entry to the working list, based on the last two elements already in it, later relative to earlier.

#### Example

```
1. Element: 2023 Actual, 2024 Actual
2. Variance % Using Prior Two Members
```

Adds a third column showing the percentage change from `2023 Actual` to `2024 Actual`, rather than the absolute difference. See [Variance % Using Prior Two Members (Reversed)](/set-instructions/variance-percent-using-prior-two-members-reversed) for the reversed direction.

![All four Variance instructions computed from the same two elements, 2023 Actual and 2024 Actual](/set-instructions-example-variance.svg)