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How to Create Waterfall Chart


Aim of this articleExplains how to define a Waterfall chart which can visualize the difference between the list price of a product and the final pocket price with all the intermediate discounts, promotions and costs.
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Specify Waterfall Chart Details

You can predefine a default template for the the Waterfall chart in the Default Waterfall configuration section.

  1. Go to Analytics Data Analyzer > Waterfall.
  2. Enter the name of the data series in the Label field.
  3. (Optional) Disable the Hide data labels checkbox to display the variable values.
  4. Choose the data source from the Datamart drop-down list. If there is only one Datamart defined, this one will already be selected.

  5. (Optional) Enter a Currency. If not specified, the currency that has been selected as default when setting up the system will be used.

  6. You can set up the Generic filter (all dimensions, dates and values):
    1. Click the Create filter link, a new window will open.
    2. Specify the filter criteria. All fields defined in the Schema Editor can be used. Click OK to activate the filter.
      (To deactivate the filter, click Edit filter and Reset. This deletes all filter criteria.)
      (warning) Click the Refresh  icon at the bottom left on the Data Rows tab to activate the filter after any changes to the filter criteria.
  7. Set up filtering on master data if needed:
    • Product filter allows you to filter by all attributes from the product master data.
    • Customer filter allows you to filter by all attributes from the customer master data. Only the filtered data will be used in the analysis.

  8. You can set up a Dim filter:
    1. Select the filter dimension from the drop-down list.
    2. Click the Add  icon to add the filter. You can add up to twelve Dim filters.
  9. Determine how the data is aggregated:
    Select the value from the drop-down menu. The value can be defined as the total amount, per unit , percentage of the base value, contribution  or as a formula For details, see Common Chart Settings.
  10. Determine the data's formatting and labels:
    • You can change the label and the format by clicking the Dictionary  icon (see Date, Time and Number Formatting).
    • If a text is entered in the Label field, then this label will be shown. Otherwise the default value will be used.

Build Waterfall Chart

  1. Click the Add  icon at the bottom left of the menu bar.
  2. Specify the type of the new element. There are three possible types:
    •  Surcharge – Add to the element (e.g., costs as the starting point of the calculation, Percent Plus on an existing item, such as regional adjustment to prices to differentiate regionally).
    •  Reduction – Subtracts from the element (e.g., bonuses, discounts).
    •  Price point – Total or subtotal of items higher up on the list of elements.

      Two price points cannot be consecutive. There must be a surcharge or reduction in between.

  3. Select the Source from the drop-down list. In case the field is left empty, the system calculates the difference between the two values. This is only possible between two elements that have a data source defined.

  4. (Optional) Enter a Label. By default, the name of the data source is used.
  5. You can aggregate the elements and display them as one element:
    1. Select required elements with right mouse button or Ctrl + mouse click. All selected elements are grayed out.
    2. Click a gray element – all elements will be aggregated. All element names are displayed at the axis X.
    3. Click the element names at the axis X, a new window will open. Enter a new label name for the aggregated element.
    4. Click the aggregated element, then they will disaggregate and show all elements separately.
  6. You can move elements with drag & drop.
    You can delete elements by selecting the required element and clicking the Delete  icon.
  7. Click the Refresh  icon to update the chart.

  8. (Optional) Create an Aggregation filter that allows you to filter the Datamart query results, i.e., to determine, which values will be shown in the chart.
  9. You can print or download the chart as image (*.png, *.jpeg), document (*.pdf) or vector image (*.svg) by clicking the Context  icon at the top right.

    If you do not save the Waterfall chart, the standard price waterfall will be used when logging into the system again.


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