Waterfall chart

Budget variance

Where the plan and the actuals diverged.

€0€200K€400K€500K€86K-€124K€42K€504KPlannedExtra salesOverspendSavingsActual
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What this chart shows

Plan on the left, actual on the right, and every reason for the difference in between. Overspend and savings sit on the same scale, so no one can round away a miss.

The data behind it

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CategoryAmount (€K)
Planned500K
Extra sales86K
Overspend-124K
Savings42K
Actual504K

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Full guideWaterfall chartWalk from a starting value to a final total through gains and losses, the classic P&L bridge chart.