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Scenario Bridges

In this article, you will find a tutorial on how to create Scenario Bridges.

A Scenario Bridge visualises the difference between two or more scenarios via assumptions, line items or dimensions in a selected time period.

Creating a Scenario Bridge

  1. Click on the “Chart” button in the upper right corner on a worksheet.

  2. Select “Scenario Bridge” in the chart selection.

  3. Select a node to visualise

  4. Select two or more scenarios to compare to each other

  5. Select how you wish to visualise the difference, via assumptions, line items or a dimension

  6. Select the time period you wish to show

Configuration Options:

  • Node: The scenario bridge displays the data of the selected node in the model. You can change the node after the bridge is created by selecting a different node in the chart editor.

  • Scenario Selection: The scenario bridge shows your selected scenarios. Use the “Scenarios” button to select more or other scenarios that should appear in your chart.

  • Configure Axes: You can use the “Configure” setting to either put single line-items, dimensions or assumptions on the axis. By default, the bridge will be created with the configuration of “Years” as the data series and “Assumptions (total)” on the x-axis.

Scenario Bridges with Line-Item Variants

The effects of line-item variants can be displayed in scenario bridges via the 'Configure Axes'- option in the workspace.

To do so, select 'Assumption line-items' when configuring the chart data. 

The visualization will include the line-item name and the variant name. 

Scenario Bridge with Dimensions as Deltas:

It is also possible to visualise the change between two scenarios by a dimension instead of the assumptions or line items.

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Scenario Bridge with Product Dimension shown as Delta

To configure a bridge to show dimensions instead of assumptions or line items, the chart can either be configured with the desired dimension as a delta in the bridge configuration wizard:

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Or, if the chart has already been configured, by choosing a the desired dimension in the axis configuration selection.

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For the chart to show dimension levels as deltas the setting ‘Enable levels as deltas’ has to be enabled.

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Assumptions Descriptions

It is possible to show the assumption description in a bridge on hover over an assumptions bar.

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Clicking on an assumption’s name will open its settings:

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It is possible to set a custom description for this assumption in the description box. To display these descriptions on a chart on hover, enable the ‘show descriptions in tooltip’ setting in the charts inspector.

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