Pie & Donut Charts

Pie charts visualize part-to-whole relationships. They are ideal for showing percentage breakdowns, proportions, and simple comparisons at a glance.

Pie

Pie chart

Chart setup to build a pie chart:

Configuration option	Configuration value
Axis	Drag the dimension to plot on the axis (e.g., Sub Category).
Values parameter	Drag the measure to analyze (e.g., Actuals).
Chart type	Select Pie from the Pie/donut section of the Chart Type dropdown menu.

Pie charts visually show the proportions of various categories, making it simple to grasp their relative sizes. No explicit measure setup is necessary. Accepts only one measure.

Pie chart measure config

1. Customization & formatting under Canvas settings

1.1. Pie or donut type

You can select whether to have a full circle or a semi-circle chart.

Full or semi cicle

1.2. Semi circle orientation

When you select the semi-circle option, you can additionally specify the chart orientation.

Chart orientation

The different orientations are shown here.

180 degrees

90 degrees

270 degrees

You can also specify a custom angle.

Custom orientation for semi circular pie charts

1.3. Pad radius

You can add padding between the different categories by specifying a pad radius.

Pad radius

1.4. Corner radius

You can display rounded corners by specifying a corner radius value.

Corner radius

1.5. Pie explosion

Spotlight specific categories in your pie chart, like the top-performing region, a critical segment, or an outlier, with the exploded slice option.

Enable the Pie Explosion toggle - for each category, you will be able to specify in pixels how far each slice pops out from the pie for better emphasis.

Pie explosion

2. Data label settings for pie charts

2.1. Label display

You can choose to display the category names outside the pie chart.

Label display

You can also display the proportions of each category using the Size option.

• Size type: You can display the contribution of each category as a percentage or the actual value. We have displayed both.

• Size value position: You can display the value inside or outside the pie chart.

• Size percentage position: You can display the percentage contribution inside or outside the pie chart.

Size label display

2.2. Image category

You can make your pie charts more engaging by adding images. Add the image URL field to the Tooltip Text Categories visual parameter. You can then select the field from the Image Category dropdown.

• Image position: You can display images inside the pie chart or outside.

• Image size: You can adjust the size of the image.

Adding images

Donut

Variable pie

Additional formatting options

Here are the other settings that help you refine your pie and donut charts.

Feature	Description	Link
Number	Configure number formatting (decimals, units)	Charts - number settings
Legend	Show/hide and customize the legends	Charts - legend settings
Data Label	Show exact values for each data point	3.6. Data label customizations
Trellis	Create small multiples using category split	6. Trellis customizations
Conditional Formatting	Apply color rules to highlight values	9. Conditional formatting
Sorting	Sort axis order	Sorting data
Ranking	Limit to top/bottom N categories	Ranking for charts

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