# Why the variance % shows green if a goal has decreased

**URL:** <https://community.piwik.pro/t/why-the-variance-shows-green-if-a-goal-has-decreased/4654>\
**Category:** Reports and working with data\
**Created:** [November 20, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/why-the-variance-shows-green-if-a-goal-has-decreased/4654 "2024-11-20T19:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elena\_Benito\_Ruiz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.piwik.pro/elena_benito_ruiz/32/1823_2.png) [@Elena\_Benito\_Ruiz](https://community.piwik.pro/u/Elena_Benito_Ruiz)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/why-the-variance-shows-green-if-a-goal-has-decreased/4654/1 "2024-11-20T19:35:51Z")

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Hello everyone,  
Kind of dumbfounded, but… let’s compare conversions last October 2023 and October 2024 (fewer than Oct 2023)…the difference shows green (positive)…when should read red negative, no? 😃

 ![Captura de pantalla 2024-11-20 a las 20.31.39](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/piwikpro/original/2X/b/bf9d466522541d427f664a14d8a9e7befd957cda.png)

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**Author:** ![sararekowska](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.piwik.pro/sararekowska/32/1582_2.png) [@sararekowska](https://community.piwik.pro/u/sararekowska)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/why-the-variance-shows-green-if-a-goal-has-decreased/4654/2 "2024-11-28T11:20:17Z")

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Hi there!

Could I have a look at the whole report? Just to make sure that there aren’t any setup issues. If you don’t want to share it here, you can send me a link in a direct message 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/piwikpro/original/1X/db7013c4fd6a24443b339309db52f14995207737.png) [@system](https://community.piwik.pro/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://community.piwik.pro/t/why-the-variance-shows-green-if-a-goal-has-decreased/4654/3 "2024-12-12T11:20:25Z")

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