Variance function in IR

Hi,
Can anyone please let me know how I can add Variance function for certain rows. I have current year and prior year data in two columns of a pivot. I can add a computed item for variance calculation. But it will calculate variance for all the rows. But how can I supress some of teh variance and show variance for certain rows?
Thanks.

Hi,
This is exactly what I am trying to do.
row label:
some_dimension
column label:
period_dimension
fact:
count_widget
     Prior     Current     Variance
Dim_A     1     2     1
Dim_B     3     2     -1
Dim_C     2     2     0
But I have two scenarios - Budget and Actual. Scenario dimension is in the Drop Down label in the dashboard. I want the variance to be calculated for Actual scenario only. So, when I will select Budget, no variance will be there whereas hen I will select Actual, the variance will be shown. How I can do this?

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