Cascade Chart Creator

An add-in for Microsoft Excel that creates variable width and height bar (cascade) charts.

  • Create colored or line style cascade charts
  • Create many charts at one time
  • Automatically add labels
  • Easily move and change labels
  • Label the bottom of the columns with their values

The Cascade Chart Creator add-in for Microsoft Excel allows you to create variable width and height bar charts. It is compatible with Microsoft Excel 2013-2024 and Office 365.

The following is an example of a cascade chart:

Example of a cascade chart
Cascade chart of profit

On a cascade chart the X axis represents a variable like units quantity or volume. The Y axis represents a unit rate like profit per unit or a percentage. If one were to multiply the X axis value times the Y axis value one gets a meaningful value. For example, profit per unit times units gives you profit. Thus the area for a data point represents this value.

If you plot profit per unit versus volume for your customers on a cascade chart then the shape of the data point's rectangle indicates the profitability of a customer. A tall, positive box indicates a very profitable customer. A short box with a long base indicates a customer who you are shipping a lot of product to who gives you very little profit.

The Cascade Chart Creator can also create stacked cascade charts:

Example of a stacked cascade chart
Stacked cascade chart of cost by site

To help you learn how to create cascade charts, the Cascade Chart Creator comes with an example file with sample data and step by step instructions.

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