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  • Characteristics of a Waterfall chart
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Overview
The "Waterfall" chart is a bar chart used to represent the positive or negative additions of several categories.
Mainly used in finance, this chart is used for example to view the evolution of a value over time or to see the impact of different components on this value.
Characteristics of a Waterfall chart
Waterfall chart
In this chart:
1. Values corresponding to a total. A total corresponds to the sum of all previous categories from the beginning of the chart. The value is displayed if "Show values" is checked in the "Details" tab of the Chart control description.
2. Positive values of a category. The value is displayed if "Show values" is checked in the "Details" tab of the Chart control description.
3. Negative values of a category. The value is displayed if "Show values" is checked in the "Details" tab of the Chart control description.
4. Value corresponding to a sub-total: a sub-total corresponds to the sum of all previous categories from the last total or sub-total. The value is displayed if "Display the values" is checked in the "Details" tab of the description of the Chart control.
5. Gridlines: To display the gridlines, select "Gridlines" and "Gridlines" in the "General" tab of the control description.
6. Title of the chart:
The characteristics of the chart title can be defined in the "Details" tab of the control description ("Edit chart title").
You can define the chart title, its position and style.
7. Title of axes:
The title of horizontal and vertical axes is displayed if the title was defined in the "General" tab of the Chart control description. This parameter can also be defined through programming with grAxisTitle.
8. Caption of the value (category).
9. Scrollbars used to perform a zoom. The ability to zoom in a chart can be defined in the "Details" tab the of control description. This option is available in WINDEV only.
Other characteristics:
  • The "Waterfall" charts can be displayed with an animation. To animate this type of chart, simply check "Enable animations" in the "Details" tab of the control description.
  • To customize the colors of categories, use grWaterfallColor.
  • To define the types of categories, use grWaterfallCategoryType.
Minimum version required
  • Version 19
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Last update: 05/26/2022

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