Progressive Column Charts

Progressive column charts, also knows as waterfall charts, are like stacked charts with each segment of a single stack displaced vertically from the next segment.

Progressive column charts are useful for emphasizing the contribution of the individual segments to the whole.

These charts are not supported for Microsoft Excel output.

The following example analyzes the contribution of each product line to revenue.

a progressive column chart showing revenue by product line — Figure 1. An example progressive column chart

Progressive column charts can plot data using standard and three-dimensional configurations. You can also create progressive charts using horizontal bars.