New waterfall visualization

New type of waterfall visualization is now available.

The new visualization is named Waterfall. The preexisting waterfall visualization is renamed to Legacy waterfall, and can still be used.

The following example shows a typical waterfall visualization. This visualization is used to show some kind of a measure (Net Operating Income in the example) over a period of a year. The previous year (2003) is shown as a starting point. Then the visualization lists the numbers for each month or quarter, and ends with the total for the entire year (2004).

Waterfall visualization

When comparing the new waterfall visualization to the legacy waterfall visualization, the following two options in the new visualization significantly improve the user experience:

  • The Change the bar type as option in the bar right-click menu.

    Use this option to change the bar type to one of the following types: Auto, Delta, Adjustment, or Subtotal.

  • The Accumulate totals property under Visualizations > Data.

    Use this property to correctly render values from multiple Total bars in the visualization instead of changing the TM1® data.

No upgrade process is provided for replacing the legacy waterfall visualization with the new waterfall visualization in existing content. If you want to use the new visualization in existing views, you need to reopen the book and manually replace the legacy waterfall with the new waterfall visualization.

For more information, see Waterfall.