help with waterfalls

[stefkk]

Hi everyone. I could do with some help.

I have a number of data sets that I wish to compare in Power BI. For simplicity, lets they comprise of the lines:

Revenue

Costs

Profit (Revenue- costs)

Tax

Net profit (Profit - tax)

The data sets are identical in structure (they each have the above 5 lines), but relate to different stores, Stores A, B, C, D, etc

So far so good but now the tricky bit. I want a waterfall, that compares two of the stores against each other. So on the far left is a bar for "Base Store" and on the far right is a bar for "Comparison Store". The bars in the middle are the variances in Revenue, costs and tax that reconcile from one to the other.

Any ideas how to do this natively?

Thanks!

[v-xicai]

Hi @stefkk  ,

Does that make sense? If so, kindly mark my answer as a solution to help others having the similar issue and close the case. If not, let me know and I'll try to help you further.

Best regards

Amy

[v-xicai]

Hi @stefkk ,

It is unavailable to achieve your requirement in Power BI Desktop currently.

As a workaround, you can combine these original datasets into a summary table using "Append Queries" button under Home ribbon in Query Editor. Then choose Line chart to display the result, put Store column onto Axis box, put Revenue, Costs, Profit (Revenue- costs), Tax and Net profit (Profit - tax) onto Values box.

If I misunderstood it, could you please share your sample data or desired output screenshots for further analysis, you can also upload sample pbix to OneDrive and post the link here. Do mask sensitive data before uploading.

Best Regards,

Amy

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[stefkk]

Thanks.

All the data is sitting in the same table, so no need to append. There is a column for each of:

Store       Revenue       costs       Profit      Tax       Net profit

A line chart will not do, it has to be a waterfall. Also, I am not looking for the absolute values, instead the difference between the two sets (stores). 

I am not able to upload the data

[v-xicai · Accepted solution]

Hi @stefkk ,

Your demand is a good idea, while it is not supported to implement in Power BI currently. You can post your new idea here https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas , to improve the Power BI.

It is a place for customers provide feedback about Microsoft Office products . What’s more, if a feedback is high voted there by other customers, it will be promising that Microsoft Product Team will take it into consideration when designing the next version in the future.

Best Regards,

Amy

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.