Waterfall diagrams are often used to represent a temporal evolution. In empower® Charts you have the option of viewing a waterfall diagram backwards. This function makes it possible to break down a sum into its individual components.
We illustrate the function using an example
You want to differentiate the expenditures of your company. You have a total of 1.000 Euro of expenditure. How does this amount come about? A waterfall diagram is well suited for the visual representation of this scenario. The sum is broken down into its individual components (A, B, C, D).
- First insert a waterfall diagram into PowerPoint. Click on “Insert" and “empower® Chart" and select “Waterfall".
![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values1.png?width=349&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values1.png)
Now a prefabricated diagram is inserted.![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values2.png?width=499&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values2.png)
- To edit the contained data, click on “Data" in the action bar and open “Edit data".
![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values3.png?width=497&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values3.png)
- The Excel table of the diagram opens, here you can now enter the desired values and labeling. According to the above example, this looks as follows:
![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values4.png?width=498&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values4.png)
- Place the positive values in the table; at the end the total is built with the special value x.
![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values5.png?width=502&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values5.png)
The diagram is now presented in the form of a temporal development.
- Since you do not want to represent a temporal development, but parts of a sum, you should change the direction of the waterfall. This makes empower® Charts possible with just one click. To do this, click on “Data" again. Then click on Waterfall Direction “Right to Left".
![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values6.png?width=507&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values6.png)
The diagram is now displayed in descending order, starting from the sum. As already mentioned, this is practical whenever the composition of a sum is to be explained.
![Negative waterfalls with positive values in empower® Charts](https://www.empowersuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing/Blog/Snips/negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values7.png?width=500&name=negative-waterfall-diagramm-positive-values7.png)
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