{"product_id":"waterfall-chart","title":"Waterfall chart","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe waterfall chart is often used by strategy consultants at companies like McKinsey to show the sources of change behind two values. It can be tricky to create in PowerPoint. This slide is a template for a waterfall chart in PowerPoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a manual version though. I have set up everything as good as I could, with different colours for totals, ups, and downs. Still, you need to do some manual calculations to make it fit to your specific situation. Also, data labels are added manually.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn automated version of the waterfall chart is still work in progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read about the approach to making waterfall charts in PowerPoint (or Excel) in this \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.slidemagic.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/how-to-create-mckinsey-waterfall-chart.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"How to create a McKinsey waterfall chart in PowerPoint\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eearlier blog post\u003c\/a\u003e. It also possible to use Excel itself to create waterfalls (see the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/Create-a-waterfall-chart-in-Office-2016-8de1ece4-ff21-4d37-acd7-546f5527f185\"\u003eMicrosoft support site\u003c\/a\u003e). But, this does not work on a Mac, and the formatting is \"very Excel\" is unlikely to fit your corporate template.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis layout is available as either a PowerPoint or Keynote template.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SlideMagic","offers":[{"title":"PowerPoint \/ 4:3","offer_id":1489549721625,"sku":"63","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Keynote \/ 4:3","offer_id":1489549754393,"sku":"63K","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PowerPoint \/ 16:9","offer_id":1508931010585,"sku":"63W","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Keynote \/ 16:9","offer_id":1517666402329,"sku":"63KW","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1244\/9504\/products\/waterfall-chart-powerpoint.png?v=1520413585","url":"https:\/\/slidemagic.myshopify.com\/products\/waterfall-chart","provider":"SlideMagic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}