Waterfall chart
Chart how an opening balance turns into a closing balance, one rise and one fall at a time.
In this lesson
- A waterfall chart shows how a starting number turns into an ending number, one rise or fall at a time.
- Every row is a change that starts where the bar before it stopped, unless you set the row as a total.
- A total is a bar from zero to the number in its cell.
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Where it sits in Charts
- Pick the right chart10 min
- Scatter plot with a trendline9 min
- Histogram10 min
- Waterfall chartThis lesson9 min
- Gantt chart from a task list10 min
- Sparklines8 min
The steps
10 steps: 3 explanations, 5 Do this, 2 questions, then Your turn.
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