ChartsNative Power BIRecommendedLive example

Waterfall chart

Explain sequential positive and negative contributions from a starting value to an ending value.

Interactive example
Revenue bridge by department
Previous yearFreshBeveragesGroceryNon-foodHouseholdCurrent

Simulated behaviour on the shared fictional retail dataset. Native mechanism: Yes.

Best for

Budget → contributing effects → actual.

Avoid when

Simple category magnitude comparisons.

Typical data

Category, Value/change, Optional breakdown

Usage

Budget → contributing effects → actual.

Power BI limitation
Too many steps make the story hard to follow.
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