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walkdd
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Waterfall chart breakdown

Hello Power BI community! I am new to Power BI currently working on a dashboard and I have a requirement to build a waterfall chart.

Below you can find a sample of the data model:

SiteTypeYearTotal
City NameL&D20232
City NameLoad202338
City NameDemand202339
City NameBaseline202345
City NameAvailable Capacity202339
City NameInstalled Capacity202347
City NameL&D20246
City NameCU20241
City NameLoad202441
City NameDemand202440
City NameBaseline202449
City NameAvailable Capacity202447
City NameInstalled Capacity202455
City NameL&D20254
City NameLoad202544
City NameDemand202544
City NameBaseline202555
City NameCU202510
City NameAvailable Capacity202551
City NameInstalled Capacity202560
City NameCU202610
City NameDemand202648
City NameBaseline202669
City NameAvailable Capacity202670
City NameInstalled Capacity202670

 

In this data model, Baseline for the next year = Baseline for the preceding year + Total for L&D + Total for CU. For example:

Baseline for 2026 is 69 and it  equals to Baseline for 2025 (55) + L&D for 2025 (4) + CU for 2025 (10)


I need the waterfall chart to look as following:

walkdd_0-1695306993766.png



In Y-axis of the chart I have the following measure: 

Baseline = CALCULATE(SUM('Final Data Model'[Total]), 'Final Data Model'[Type] = "Baseline")
Type column as Breakdown and Year as Category

The chart shows correct numbers for the Baseline as Blue Bars, the issue is I need to show values for CU and L&D as green bars, however for now it shows these values based on the above formula, which is wrong for my case.

P.S. For some years, there might be  a difference between the Baseline of the next year and the baseline of the preceeding year. For example:

Baseline for 2024 is 49 and it  equals to Baseline for 2023 (45) + L&D for 2023 (2) and there is no any value for CU but there is still remains 2 to reach the 49.  And I want to show it in the chart as "OTHER" Type in chart.

Is there is a possibility to build something like this in Power BI?

I would appreciate if you have an idea or can suggest how to built this using different visualisations as well.

Thanks in advance and looking forward to your replies!



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