This next visual, the Waterfall Chart, is very helpful in understanding the changes that occur from an initial value. It displays a running total in relation to values being added or subtracted. By populating a field in the Breakdown option of the visual, we can see if it has had a positive or negative impact from value to value. Let's set up an example of the Waterfall Chart.
Let's look at, setting up the visual:
- In our current report page we should have a quarter of the area still available. We will use half of this for the Waterfall Chart. Let's go ahead and now add this visual to the report page.
- The first area we want to populate is Category, and for this we will select the Date field from the Date (Order) table. ...
