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primary graph to display related data in the connected Grid/Graph
reports and panel stacks.
Some features described above are not enabled in all documents.
Analyzing a Waterfall widget
A Waterfall widget highlights the increments and decrements of the values of
metrics over time. You can use the widget to identify aspects of your business
that are contributing to the fluctuations in the values. The widget can also be
used to perform “what-if” analyses.
The widget consists of a group of clustered bars displayed from left to right.
The X-axis contains either attribute elements or metrics, depending on
where the attributes and metrics are placed on the widget’s template. The
Y-axis displays a range of values based on the metrics on the widget’s
template. The increments and decrements in the widget are calculated and
displayed according to the metrics included on the Grid/Graph report that
contains the widget, and the order of those metrics.
In the example shown below, metrics are displayed along the X-axis. The
first bar represents the amount of sales revenue generated in 2006. The
remaining bars in the widget represent the other metrics on the X-axis,
including the Depreciation and Tax Expense metrics. These bars depict the
business factors that diminished revenue and one factor (the Other Gains
and Losses metric) that increased revenue. As a group, these bars highlight
the contributions of various aspects of the business on total revenue from
sales. This final value is represented by the last bar on the right, which
represents Net Income for 2006.
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