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20.000

2.000
15.000
3.000
(6.000)
10.000
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5.000 (1.000)
(1.750) (600)
5.000 10.000
7.650

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rent provision margin personal costs
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Elements
added to
Vertical the
Axis not graph
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(you copy
have to
delete it)

Diagonal labels
No automatic « wrap text »

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The rest should be calculated
automatically
(Labels being the MAX of BEFORE and
AFTER)
Start
Values Cumul Before After Labels
& End
Point A (Start) 650 650 650 650
Delta A 100 750 650 750 750
Delta B -150 600 750 600 750
Delta C -200 400 600 400 600
Delta D 350 750 400 750 750
Delta E 50 800 750 800 800
Point B (End) 800 800 800

Values are the the starting point

and the movements

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Build a Bar chart with the column “Start &
End”

Chart Title
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Point A Delta A Delta B Delta C Delta D Delta E Point B
(Start) (End)

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Add “Before” and “After” series in Line
graphs

Chart Title
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Point A Delta A Delta B Delta C Delta D Delta E Point B
(Start) (End)

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The HARD way
Add “Up/Down Bars” to your graph and
change the colours appropriately for bars
and lines

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Add “Labels” series in secondary axis and
add labels by selecting from cells of
column “Values”

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Finally Adapt the formatting to your needs
and own tastes

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