Waterfall Charts

Hello all,
I have to create a so called "waterfall chart" (also called delta chart) in SAP BW 3.5 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_chart for an example) . The chart designer in SAP BI 2004s provides this chart type (see http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/44/bcc74adef94612e10000000a11466f/content.htm ) . But it is unfortunately not available in BW 3.5. Do you have any idea how to create that kind of chart in BW 3.5? I already thought about defining a stacked chart and supressing certain parts by using transparent colours. But I still do not have an exact idea how to do it.
Many thanks in advance for your help
Regards
Marco

Hi Jody,
I did not get an answer but I found a way or lets say a workaround to realize the waterfall charts. You have to create a view which only contains the delta key figures and assign it as dataprovider to your chart. By using the chart type "stacked chart" you can "build up" all single graphs from these delta key figures. The parts (series) which are not to be shown (as for example the space between the X -axis and the delta) can be hidden by setting their colour and their frame colour to "none". For the remaiming parts you have to use a unique colour so that it looks in the end as if your graph consists of only one part. As it is unfortunately not possible to show more than one of these graphs in one chart you have to create multiple charts (one for each graph) and put them next to each other. Finally you have to format them in a way that it looks like one chart (deactivate auto format, remove the spaces between the charts, hide the y-axis (except for the chart on the most right hand side)... . It did it that way and it worked fine
Cheers, Marco

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Symptom
Are Waterfall charts supported in Crystal Reports XI R2 and 3.0?
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Applies to any Crystal Reports version in XI R2 and Crystal Reports 2008
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