Data best suited for
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Waterfall charts are
most often used when representing account or revenue data. They display
how an initial value is increased or decreased by intermediate values.
Use waterfall charts when you want to display details about how a
value was increased or decreased, as well as the beginning and ending
values.
Waterfall charts work
well for the following scenarios:
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Not suited for
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Do not use waterfall
charts for the following scenarios:
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Target audience
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Most users will be unfamiliar with this indicator type. It is not recommended that you use this indicator type unless you
are sure your audience knows how to interpret it,
or you provide instructions on how to interpret it.
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Data aggregation support
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This indicator type averages the applicable indicator data.
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Range support
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A range is required.
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Alert support
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Alerts are supported. For information, see
Customizing Alerts.
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Link support
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This indicator type can be used to define a link or as the destination of a link. For
more information about defining an indicator with a hyperlink, see
Adding Links to Indicators or Other Content.
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Interaction support
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Filter multiple items
support
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Filtering multiple items is supported. For
more information, see
Supporting Multiple Selections in a Filtered Data Interaction.
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Display Setting
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Selection Used for Figure
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Range value
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Color
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X-axis value
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Account
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Difference
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Value
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X-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Account)
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Y-axis title
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<blank> (defaults
to Value)
Note: The Scale Y axis setting
adds the label (thousands) to
the title.
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Scale X axis
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This setting is selected.
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Scale Y axis
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This setting is selected.
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Account
(X-axis value)
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Value
(Difference)
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Color
(Range value)
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Order
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Product Revenue
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420,000
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1
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1
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Services Revenue
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210,000
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1
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2
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Fixed Costs
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–170,000
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–1
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3
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Variable Costs
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–140,000
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–1
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4
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Total
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–320,000
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0
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5
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