Chart Add-ons

Add commonly used chart features and decorations to existing charts with ease

Macabacus Growth Arrows provide finance professionals with a dynamic, data-driven way to visualize growth trends in financial charts. Unlike manually drawn Office shapes, which require tedious formatting and do not update with data changes, Macabacus Growth Arrows are fully formula-driven and update automatically when underlying data changes.

Macabacus adds growth arrows as a new data series. To add a growth arrow, select your stacked or clustered column chart and click . Customize the arrow in the resulting dialog, with preferences saved for future use. Pressing Save will insert the cells and calculations required to drive the dynamic arrow.

Macabacus Growth Arrows are added as a new data series that automatically updates with data changes. To add a Growth Arrow:

1. Select your stacked or clustered column chart.
2. Click Macabacus > Charts > Growth Arrow.
3. Choose to manually add Growth Arrows or use the Reccomend button for automated suggestions.
4. Customize the arrow in the resulting dialog, including size, labels, formatting, and positioning, with preferences saved for future use.
5. Press Save to insert the necessary calculations and dynamically link the Growth Arrows to your chart data.

The Growth Arrow dialog computes a CAGR based on chart data. You can override this by entering a growth rate manually or selecting a cell containing the desired rate. Adjust the arrow and its data label formatting, and position the arrow to avoid overlap with other chart elements.

The growth arrow dialogue also allows you to select a starting and an ending period for each respective arrow.

_{This documentation refers to the latest Macabacus version. Some features and descriptions of these features may not apply to older versions of Macabacus. Update your Macabacus software to take advantage of the latest features.}