Cascade Chart Creator

The Cascade Chart Creator add-in for Microsoft Excel easily creates professional looking cascade charts.

The following is an example of a cascade chart:

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 products to who gives you very little profit.

The Cascade Chart Creator can also create stacked cascade charts:

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.