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Waterfall by HTML Help
Hello Experts,
I would like to build a Custom Visual using HTML, but I do not have enough experience in this area. I would appreciate your support with the following requirements:
Requirement:
Create a Waterfall chart based on the following data:
| 1 | Budget NPAT | 4,261,532 |
| 2 | Gross Margin | 2,733,696 |
| 3 | Variable Costs | -280,573 |
| 4 | 3rd Party Cost Recovery | -435,951 |
| 5 | Other Income | 32,571 |
| 6 | Fixed Costs | 1,324,187 |
| 7 | Support Cost | 738,378 |
| 8 | Depreciation | -664,124 |
| 9 | Bad Debt Provision | 799,823 |
| 10 | Finance Exp & Inc | -1,537,797 |
| 11 | Income Tax | -637,201 |
| 12 | Actual NPAT | 6,334,541 |
Technical Requirements:
The data must be sorted by Index in ascending order.
Index 1 should appear on the far left of the chart.
Index 12 should appear on the far right of the chart.
Colors:
Index 1 (Budget NPAT) must be in color: #389BBD
Index 12 (Actual NPAT) must be in color: #A4D233
The columns between them:
Green for positive values
Red for negative values
Starting Point (Very Important):
Index 1 and Index 12 must start from zero on the Y-axis.
I have attached an example to show the required layout.
Note: The attached example is not working correctly. It is only for illustration of the expected design.If possible, please provide a Power BI (.pbix) file for this example.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Hi majid154a,
I thought I'd give you a hand to get started with this.
I've managed to get a component working in HTML:
Here is the HTML for it, you may test it in your browser and play around with the scale, prev-value, and curr-movement/curr-label variables. Notice positive values will turn green, negative will turn red.
<style> :root { --scale: 5455; --prev-value: 5000; --curr-movement: -1505; --curr-label: "-1505"; --movement: calc(var(--curr-movement) / abs(var(--curr-movement))); --multiplier: calc((var(--movement) + 1) / 2); --color: calc(var(--multiplier) * 122); --height: calc(abs(var(--curr-movement)) / var(--scale) * 100%); --top: calc((var(--scale) - var(--prev-value)) / var(--scale) * 100% - (var(--multiplier) * var(--height))); .p-outer { text-align: center; padding-top: 1.5em; } .p-area { height: 90vh; width: 90vw; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .p-block::after { content: var(--curr-label); top: -1.5em; position: relative; color: black; } .p-block { height: var(--height); background-color: hsl(var(--color),70%,50%); top: var(--top); width: 100%; position: relative; } .category { text-align: center; color: hsl(0,0%,50%); } body { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> <div> <div class="p-outer"> <div class="p-area"> <div class="p-block"></div> </div> <div class="category">Category name</div> </div> </div>We can then turn this into a parameterised DAX measure:
HTML Waterfall Bar = VAR Scale = [Scale] // Replace with your max absolute value or dynamic max scale measure VAR PrevValue = [Previous Cumulative Value] // Your measure for the running total BEFORE this step VAR CurrMovement = [Variance / Delta] // Your measure for this step's change (positive or negative) VAR CategoryName = SELECTEDVALUE('Category'[Category Name]) // or whatever your category field is VAR CurrLabel = FORMAT(CurrMovement, "#,##0") // or use FIXED/ROUND as preferred RETURN "<html> <head> <style> :root { --scale: " & Scale & "; --prev-value: " & PrevValue & "; --curr-movement: " & CurrMovement & "; --curr-label: """ & CurrLabel & """; --movement: calc(var(--curr-movement) / abs(var(--curr-movement))); --multiplier: calc((var(--movement) + 1) / 2); --color: calc(var(--multiplier) * 122); --height: calc(abs(var(--curr-movement)) / var(--scale) * 100%); --top: calc((var(--scale) - var(--prev-value)) / var(--scale) * 100% - (var(--multiplier) * var(--height))); } .p-outer { text-align: center; padding-top: 1.5em; } .p-area { height: 90vh; width: 90vw; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .p-block::after { content: var(--curr-label); top: -1.5em; position: relative; color: black; } .p-block { height: var(--height); background-color: hsl(var(--color),70%,50%); top: var(--top); width: 100%; position: relative; } .category { text-align: center; color: hsl(0,0%,50%); } body { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> </head> <body> <div class='p-outer'> <div class='p-area'> <div class='p-block'></div> </div> <div class='category'>" & CategoryName & "</div> </div> </body> </html>"To get this working, you will need to create the following DAX measures:
- Scale (Can be either set to one of the NPAT values, or calculated with logic)
- Previous Cumulative Value
- Variance / Delta (already exists in your dataset)
You will also need to introduce logic for the Budget NPAT and Actual NPAT colors.
Granularity will need to be set to Category Name. Then sort by Category ID.
I hope this helps.
Hi majid154a,
Thank you Ashish_Mathur, for your insights.
With a sample dataset, I replicated your requirement in Power BI. On Page 1, I used the HTML Content visual to build the custom layout, and on Page 2, I utilized the standard Waterfall visual. I've attached the PBIX file for your review and included a Microsoft documentation link below for further details on the Waterfall visual.
Waterfall Charts in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Thank you.
7 Replies
- Ashish_MathurSuper User
Hi,
Why would you not want to use the built in waterfall chart visual?
- majid154aHelper II
Dear HTML Experts,
I need help for this question :
Waterfall by HTML Help - Microsoft Fabric Community- v-saisrao-msftCommunity Support
Hi majid154a,
Could you review the solution that NoosaInsight Ashish_Mathur and I provided above? Please let us know if it helped resolve the issue, or if you notice any gaps, we would be happy to address them.
Thank you.
- NoosaInsightHelper I
Hi majid154a,
I thought I'd give you a hand to get started with this.
I've managed to get a component working in HTML:
Here is the HTML for it, you may test it in your browser and play around with the scale, prev-value, and curr-movement/curr-label variables. Notice positive values will turn green, negative will turn red.
<style> :root { --scale: 5455; --prev-value: 5000; --curr-movement: -1505; --curr-label: "-1505"; --movement: calc(var(--curr-movement) / abs(var(--curr-movement))); --multiplier: calc((var(--movement) + 1) / 2); --color: calc(var(--multiplier) * 122); --height: calc(abs(var(--curr-movement)) / var(--scale) * 100%); --top: calc((var(--scale) - var(--prev-value)) / var(--scale) * 100% - (var(--multiplier) * var(--height))); .p-outer { text-align: center; padding-top: 1.5em; } .p-area { height: 90vh; width: 90vw; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .p-block::after { content: var(--curr-label); top: -1.5em; position: relative; color: black; } .p-block { height: var(--height); background-color: hsl(var(--color),70%,50%); top: var(--top); width: 100%; position: relative; } .category { text-align: center; color: hsl(0,0%,50%); } body { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> <div> <div class="p-outer"> <div class="p-area"> <div class="p-block"></div> </div> <div class="category">Category name</div> </div> </div>We can then turn this into a parameterised DAX measure:
HTML Waterfall Bar = VAR Scale = [Scale] // Replace with your max absolute value or dynamic max scale measure VAR PrevValue = [Previous Cumulative Value] // Your measure for the running total BEFORE this step VAR CurrMovement = [Variance / Delta] // Your measure for this step's change (positive or negative) VAR CategoryName = SELECTEDVALUE('Category'[Category Name]) // or whatever your category field is VAR CurrLabel = FORMAT(CurrMovement, "#,##0") // or use FIXED/ROUND as preferred RETURN "<html> <head> <style> :root { --scale: " & Scale & "; --prev-value: " & PrevValue & "; --curr-movement: " & CurrMovement & "; --curr-label: """ & CurrLabel & """; --movement: calc(var(--curr-movement) / abs(var(--curr-movement))); --multiplier: calc((var(--movement) + 1) / 2); --color: calc(var(--multiplier) * 122); --height: calc(abs(var(--curr-movement)) / var(--scale) * 100%); --top: calc((var(--scale) - var(--prev-value)) / var(--scale) * 100% - (var(--multiplier) * var(--height))); } .p-outer { text-align: center; padding-top: 1.5em; } .p-area { height: 90vh; width: 90vw; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .p-block::after { content: var(--curr-label); top: -1.5em; position: relative; color: black; } .p-block { height: var(--height); background-color: hsl(var(--color),70%,50%); top: var(--top); width: 100%; position: relative; } .category { text-align: center; color: hsl(0,0%,50%); } body { font-family: sans-serif; } </style> </head> <body> <div class='p-outer'> <div class='p-area'> <div class='p-block'></div> </div> <div class='category'>" & CategoryName & "</div> </div> </body> </html>"To get this working, you will need to create the following DAX measures:
- Scale (Can be either set to one of the NPAT values, or calculated with logic)
- Previous Cumulative Value
- Variance / Delta (already exists in your dataset)
You will also need to introduce logic for the Budget NPAT and Actual NPAT colors.
Granularity will need to be set to Category Name. Then sort by Category ID.
I hope this helps.
- v-saisrao-msftCommunity Support
Hi majid154a,
Thank you Ashish_Mathur, for your insights.
With a sample dataset, I replicated your requirement in Power BI. On Page 1, I used the HTML Content visual to build the custom layout, and on Page 2, I utilized the standard Waterfall visual. I've attached the PBIX file for your review and included a Microsoft documentation link below for further details on the Waterfall visual.
Waterfall Charts in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Thank you.
- majid154aHelper II
Thank you,
itw worked.
Thank you again.
But how I can show data label, I tried in visual formate, I didnt fint option for that
- v-saisrao-msftCommunity Support
Hi majid154a,
Thank you NoosaInsight, for your insights,
Have you had a chance to review the solution we shared earlier? If the issue persists, feel free to reply so we can help further.
Thank you.