Monthly VCS by Dunboxed

Monthly VCS Visual (Bar + Line Combo Chart)

The Monthly VCS Visual is a custom Power BI visual that combines the clarity of bar charts with the insight of line charts. It is specifically designed for financial, operational, and performance tracking scenarios where monthly trends and year-over-year comparisons are essential.

Supporting multiple bar fields like Plan, Actual, Revised Plan, and Variance, the visual provides a comprehensive view of planned versus actual outcomes. Additionally, the overlaid line chart presents previous year's data to help teams identify seasonality and analyze long-term patterns.

Key Features:

• 📊 Combo chart: Bars for current metrics and line for previous year data
• 📅 Monthly view: Optimized for time-based insights by month
• 🔁 Year-over-year comparison: Visualize historical performance trends
• 🎯 Multiple measures: Display Plan, Actual, Revised Plan, and Variance side by side
• 🎨 Custom formatting: Control colors, fonts, and bar border styles
• 📌 Filter support: Fully responsive to Power BI slicers and filters
• 🔍 Interactive tooltips: Engage with data points and explore context-sensitive details

Who Benefits from This Offer?

• 👥 Finance teams monitoring budgets and actuals
• 👥 Operations analysts reviewing monthly performance
• 👥 Project managers tracking deliverables and planning accuracy
• 👥 Decision-makers needing visual clarity on KPIs and trends

Customer Need / Problem Solved

Many Power BI users need a clear way to compare monthly KPIs across different versions of plans and outcomes, while still understanding how performance has changed over time. The Monthly VCS Visual solves this by offering a clean, combined view of current and prior year data enabling better planning, insight, and decisions.

If you liked or disliked the visual, have suggestions for new features, or found any bugs, feel free to reach out to us, we’re always looking to improve based on real user feedback.
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