How to compare giving from year to year for each alumni class.

Create a new Comparison and Summaries report
On the Fields tab, select Relationship, Education, Class of as the field to use

Note: Mark the primary alumni only checkbox to include the constituent's primary education relationship only.
On the Field tab, select Columns
Select Total Given in the information column
Select other desired columns
On the Report Periods tab, establish specific reporting periods
On the Format tab, select Detail
Under For Constituents with Multiple Field Values, select Include constituent for the primary field value
Run the report

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