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Sharrell
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December 3, 2022
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Waterfall graph in Illustrator

  • December 3, 2022
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Is there a plugin or script that can help plotting a waterfall graph in Illustrator?
we've got all the other graphs but not Waterfall.

or if you can advice me on how to do a waterfall graph in illustrator, that would be great.

NOTE: I can do Waterfall graphs from Excel and Powerpoint and import that into Illustrator, but when the data changes, I have to go back to Excel or Powerpoint to change it. And yes, i can change colours in Powerpoint. But bringing it into Excel, it comes in as a group and thus cannot change any data if something changes.
can anyone help me, please

 

 

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    Mylenium
    Mylenium
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    December 3, 2022

    You could probably do this with a script if you named layers explicitly or tagged them with variables, then update them with an exported CSV from Excel. It doesn't really reduce the number of steps, though. It will just facilitate the process in that you don't lose custom styling in AI, not start from scratch every time.

     

    Mylenium 

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    SharrellAuthor
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    December 4, 2022

    Thanks.
    I wonder if Illustrator fundis haven't thought about giving us a Waterfall graph in the toolbar...

     

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
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    December 5, 2022

    May I ask the purpose of importing the Excel charts into Illustrator? Is InDesign the final stop?

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 3, 2022

    Did you google anything?

    Not sure if it will do everything you want, but check out:

    https://www.datylon.com

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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    SharrellAuthor
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    December 4, 2022

    Thanks for the answer. I check datylon out. I don't often do waterfall graphs, so cannot justify buying a subscription of 15 Euro per month.

    I do the graph in Excell and then import them to Illustrator, keeping the Excell file in the same folder as Illustrator graph.

     

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    SharrellAuthor
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    December 3, 2022

    I mean bringing the graph into ILLUSTRATOR and not Exel. 

     

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