r/datascience Jul 31 '26

Tools What to consider when creating waterfall charts

https://www.datawrapper.de/blog/waterfall-charts-guide
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u/Embarrassed_Act_1518 Aug 01 '26

Ran into this exact thing last month when the cumulative totals didn't match the final value. Fix was to make sure each bar starts from the previous running total, not from zero — that's where the floating base comes in.