Excel Waterfall Chart

Now we are going to enhance it to look really nice.

Let’s start with connector lines. These lines make it easier for viewers to see each box starts from where previous box ends. We again going to arrange some data in order to get lines just where we want them. Here are our connector lines data:

Here is our connector lines data detailed (Again, formulations are necessary in order to have responsive connector lines.):

Now we need to add these new data series into our chart data one by one.

This is how your charts data series should look like at this point:

And this is how your chart look like at this point:

Now arrange your new data series as line chart and make sure original data series stays as stacked column chart.

If you do it right, this is how your chart should look like:

Select your lines one by one and format them as follows:

• Color: Black
• Width: 1,5pt
• Dash Type: Small dots (2^nd option from list)

Here is the result:

Now comes the labels. Click one of your boxes, now click on it again (This is for selecting only that box. With first click, Excel activates all boxes for that series. Second click deactivates all others and left your box active). Now right-click on the same box and add label.

Now apply following formatting to all labels:

• Set font color to light gray
• Set font to bold
• Set custom number format go get short labels that fits into boxes ($#,k for positive and $-#,k for negative labels)
• While at it, apply same custom number format to vertical axis too.

With box width arranged, gridlines formatted and title changed, here is your finished chart:

If you like to download this excel waffle chart and check it yourself, you can get it from this link.

Download Excel Waterfall Chart

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