The Definitive Guide to Waterfall Charts

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The Definitive Guide to Waterfall Charts

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learn all about waterfall charts,
get plenty of ideas on how to use them in your reports and presentations and
ensure you can create the perfect one in Excel with Zebra BI in just 1 click.

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Excel examples used in the webinar

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Andrej Lapajne

Founder & CEO at Zebra BI

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(0:50) Charts with horizontal axis
(0:51) Example: The McKinsey Way
(2:36) Example: Waterfall chart planning – bridge chart
(4:10) Example: EBITDA
(5:56) Charts with vertical axis
(6:01) Example: EBIT – negative effects
(7:17) Example: Displaying costs – better overview of the structure
(8:48) Example: Pocket price/Pocket margin – multilevel calculations
(10:35) Example: Accounts receivable
(12:27) Example: Forecasting – Cashflow report
(16:01) Example: Multiplying charts – quarterly growth
(18:36) Example: Profit and loss statement – subcalculation reporting
(23:17) Short Profit & Loss statements
(24:42) Monthly variances and YTD value
(26:33) Displaying contributions – structure chart
(28:33) High information density report
(29:59) 2 Types of contribution analysis: Categories/Structure vs. variance
(30:39) Creating waterfall chart
(31:48) Inserting and editing category class column
(32:52) Editing chart style: Colors, shapes, labels
(37:00) Creating and editing bridge chart
(38:33) Adding comments
(38:56) Exporting charts to the PowerPoint
(39:43) Creating charts from transposed tables
(40:25) Growing charts: Inserting rows and columns
(41:57) Creating Profit & Loss Statement - subcalculations
(44:09) Specifying subtotal
(46:29) Aligning and scaling charts
(47:30) Creating multiple charts at once
(48:29) Editing style and layout of multiple charts
(50:04) Creating Cashflow statement: Using and editing layout templates
(53:50) Creating forecast charts
(54:50) Fitting charts to the layout
(55:45) Adding comments, titles and other remarks
(58:30) Zebra BI resources and social media presence
(59:23) Q & A

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