How to create a native waterfall chart in PowerPoint?

Overview

To create a native Waterfall chart in PowerPoint is relatively easy like other charts. However, it involves a couple of minor additional steps. The waterfall charts in the Visualizer UI has the total automatically calculated and added to its chart without user action. When creating a Waterfall chart in PowerPoint, the total must be calculated in the Visualizer to create a Total for the chart.  Then each variable including the total is available for the chart. Below are the additional steps required for this type of chart. As always, create a chart complete with labels, data, colors, fonts, labels etc. to start. 

Step-by-Step Guide

Viewing Starter Chart with No Total


  1. This section explains the means to configure your chart to configure the total. Without the actions shown here, the chart will still be a Waterfall chart however all categories will be additive and there will be no total, which would look like the one above. 


Selecting Total Object


  1. Double click to ensure that the Total is in the only category highlighted.


Setting Up Total 


3, Right-click and select Set as Total.



Validating Actions 


  1. The chart will now set the column as total.
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