# Lacking a Common Visualization: Bridge Graphs/Reports

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/lacking-a-common-visualization-bridge-graphs-reports/71983>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** reports\
**Created:** [December 29, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lacking-a-common-visualization-bridge-graphs-reports/71983 "2022-12-29T16:20:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![JMayhew6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JMayhew6](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JMayhew6)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lacking-a-common-visualization-bridge-graphs-reports/71983/1 "2022-12-29T16:20:03Z")

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While HubSpot offers a variety of different visualizations in their reporting tools, there is one type of visualization that they still lack. This somewhat surprises me, as it is a fairly common form of visualization within sales departments.

This visualization goes by many names, but the most common is a ‘bridge graph’ or a ‘bridge report’. Essentially, this is a graph where only 1 or 2 vertical bars (typically at the beginning or the end of a report) touch the baseline horizontal axis of the report, while other vertical bars in the proceeding columns are suspended mid-graph, starting at the top height of the full bar. A common scenario for this type of visualization is as follows:

**1st full bar** : actual revenue at the beginning of the month/quarter

**proceeding bars:** projected/forecasted/potential revenue for the month/quarter.

**last full bar:** actual revenue at the end of the month/quarter.

I’ve included some examples of what I am talking about below. I highly recommend that HubSpot work to add this report ASAP. I’m sure others have asked for something similar and it has been a standard report in any and every sales department I have ever been a part of.

 ![Bridge Report Example 2.jpg](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/3c3fdcdfab9a5baead028d6c6975674522c63875.jpeg)

 ![Bridge Report Example 1.jpg](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/1bc350fe4b0a6150f0ef7f3759bfb644ebda7e1a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![JStreit1](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jstreit1/32/86803_2.png) [@JStreit1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JStreit1)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lacking-a-common-visualization-bridge-graphs-reports/71983/2 "2023-01-23T20:41:10Z")

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HubSpot is definitely capable of creating these types of reports, but it is currently only available within the Sales Analytics tool as a pipeline waterfall report. While beneficial, I agree there is value in being able to create custom reports in this graph type to show other changes in metrics over time.

 ![](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/c/e/ce4d1cc77b698f2cecd4f7591e1064715620b6c1.png)