# Circular charts

Under circular charts, Inforiver offers **Pie** and **Donut charts.**

Pie and donut charts both use circle slices to represent values, with larger values appearing as larger slices, indicating a greater proportion of the whole, and vice versa. Both are identical, with the exception that the donut chart has a hole in the middle.

### 1. Adding the chart

Let's start with an example below where we'll visualize the magnitude of *Actuals* of the categories using a circular chart.

**Step 1:** We have added 'Category' and 'Sub Category' in the **Rows** field, and '2020 Actuals', '2021 Actuals' and '2022 Actuals' in the **Values (AC)** field in the visualization pane.

<figure><img src="/files/dMGfvCt4Q2BbrDaHmha1" alt=""><figcaption><p>Data mapping</p></figcaption></figure>

**Step 2:** Select the columns for which you want to insert the pie chart/donut chart. In the following image, the 'Actuals' columns have been selected.

The chart options are enabled. From the **Bullet Chart** drop-down, select the **Pie Chart/Donut Chart**.&#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/m8pgeh1XtXcs1lmawr0l" alt=""><figcaption><p>Column and chart type selection</p></figcaption></figure>

**Step 3:** The pie chart gets inserted as shown below.&#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/XhRiGmHpVJTRPpPI4QVi" alt=""><figcaption><p>Inserting a Pie chart</p></figcaption></figure>

You can see the **Customize** tab in the toolbar with the following chart customization options.

### 2. Customization options

Inserting a pie chart/donut chart will open up the following configuration options.

### 2.1. Chart type&#x20;

Here you can change your current chart type.

Inforiver offers two variants of circular charts: **Pie Charts** and **Donut Charts**.

<figure><img src="/files/jOAoDJsLgqaRUYhTjWON" alt=""><figcaption><p>Chart types</p></figcaption></figure>

### 2.2. Appearance

Appearance let you change colors for each measure of the chart.

<figure><img src="/files/3HFsbF2oEyLPXaCVwT7F" alt=""><figcaption><p>Appearance Modal</p></figcaption></figure>

### 2.3. Show Label

You can configure whether to show or hide data labels using this option. Data labels are not shown by default.

<figure><img src="/files/1E4BTmTZqBSWIIogSOJt" alt=""><figcaption><p>Show label</p></figcaption></figure>


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