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Waterfall visualization

Lisa Wong
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Use this visualization type to display sequential positive and negative values.

The following options are available under each tab.

Tip: Customize and edit the selected visualization type in the Edit Tile dialog box by clicking Edit.

Series tab

Table 1. Colors section
Options Description
Collection Select from a group of pre-selected colors.
Palette

Choose one of several existing palettes or create a custom palette in the Custom tab. The following options are available:

  • Type in a hex code or click Edit All to edit all hex codes at once.
  • Click the Color Wheel button and click into the color wheel to select a color.
  • The color's brightness can be adjusted with the slider at the bottom.
  • Click the Add or Remove buttons to add or remove more colors in the color range.
Note:
  • Minimum number of colors in a palette is two.
  • Maximum number of colors in a palette is five.
Reverse colors Reverses the palette and applies colors at the:
  • Left end of palette to higher values in the data range.
  • Right end of the palette to lower values in the data range.
The options change depending on the type of palette selected:
  • Sequential or Diverging palettes: Each bar is colored on the scale of the palette in reverse. This starts with the color at the right end of the palette moving left.
  • Categorical palettes: Colors are applied to each bar in reverse order, starting with the last color in the palette.
Up Color Select a custom color for the positive values in the chart. This option overrides the color palette in the Colors section.
Down Color Select a custom color for the negative values in the chart. This option overrides the color palette in the Colors section.
Total Color Select a custom color for the Total bar in the chart. This option overrides the color palette in the Colors section.

Values

Table 2. Labels section
Options Description
Value Labels Toggles the appearance of value labels for each data point on the chart.
Note: It is recommended to turn on Value Labels so stakeholders can see the values if you export the dashboard as a PDF.
Value Colors Defines the color of value labels. This field takes a comma separated list of one or more color values. Values can be hex codes (for example, #b79d0f) or CSS color names (for example, mediumblue).
Note: If multiple colors are added in the field, colors will be assigned to each data point in order. For example, the first data point in the table will be the first color, and so on.

X

Table 3. Labels section
Options Description
Scale Type Specifies how the x-axis scale is calculated and displayed. The following options are available:
  • Automatic Based on Data: Scale is based on the underlying data. This is the default option.
  • Ordinal: Data is plotted along the x-axis as evenly-spaced, discrete entries, regardless of relative distance between data points.
  • Linear: Data plotted as numeric values. This option only applies when the data can be converted to numbers.
  • Time: Time data is plotted as time values. The x-axis is labeled with appropriate time increments.
Show Axis Name Displays the x-axis name label.
Axis Value Labels Displays value labels on the x-axis.

Y

Options Description
Show Axis Names Displays y-axis name labels.
Axis Value Labels Displays value labels on the y-axis.
Gridlines Displays gridlines from the y-axis. Gridlines are spaced based on scaling of the y-axis.
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