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Waterfall Chart

A recreation of the waterfall chart example in Wikipedia. This type of chart is popularized by McKinsey & Company in explaining the cumulative impact of various factors on some quantitative value.

name value
Product Revenue 420000
Services Revenue 210000
Fixed Costs -170000
Variable Costs -140000
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.bar.total rect {
fill: steelblue;
}
.bar.positive rect {
fill: darkolivegreen;
}
.bar.negative rect {
fill: crimson;
}
.bar line.connector {
stroke: grey;
stroke-dasharray: 3;
}
.bar text {
fill: white;
font: 12px sans-serif;
text-anchor: middle;
}
.axis text {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
</style>
<svg class="chart"></svg>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var margin = {top: 20, right: 30, bottom: 30, left: 40},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom,
padding = 0.3;
var x = d3.scale.ordinal()
.rangeRoundBands([0, width], padding);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left")
.tickFormat(function(d) { return dollarFormatter(d); });
var chart = d3.select(".chart")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
d3.csv("data.csv", type, function(error, data) {
// Transform data (i.e., finding cumulative values and total) for easier charting
var cumulative = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
data[i].start = cumulative;
cumulative += data[i].value;
data[i].end = cumulative;
data[i].class = ( data[i].value >= 0 ) ? 'positive' : 'negative'
}
data.push({
name: 'Total',
end: cumulative,
start: 0,
class: 'total'
});
x.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.name; }));
y.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.end; })]);
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
var bar = chart.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", function(d) { return "bar " + d.class })
.attr("transform", function(d) { return "translate(" + x(d.name) + ",0)"; });
bar.append("rect")
.attr("y", function(d) { return y( Math.max(d.start, d.end) ); })
.attr("height", function(d) { return Math.abs( y(d.start) - y(d.end) ); })
.attr("width", x.rangeBand());
bar.append("text")
.attr("x", x.rangeBand() / 2)
.attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.end) + 5; })
.attr("dy", function(d) { return ((d.class=='negative') ? '-' : '') + ".75em" })
.text(function(d) { return dollarFormatter(d.end - d.start);});
bar.filter(function(d) { return d.class != "total" }).append("line")
.attr("class", "connector")
.attr("x1", x.rangeBand() + 5 )
.attr("y1", function(d) { return y(d.end) } )
.attr("x2", x.rangeBand() / ( 1 - padding) - 5 )
.attr("y2", function(d) { return y(d.end) } )
});
function type(d) {
d.value = +d.value;
return d;
}
function dollarFormatter(n) {
n = Math.round(n);
var result = n;
if (Math.abs(n) > 1000) {
result = Math.round(n/1000) + 'K';
}
return '$' + result;
}
</script>
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How can I reverse the x-axis and y-axis in waterfall chart

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