Pie chart

A pie chart displays a circle divided into sectors to illustrate a proportion of elements.

The entire circle area represents the sum of all categories. The area of each segment corresponds to the percentage of a category in the total amount.

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For example, pie charts are useful for demonstrating proportions of a small number of segments.

AI-Insights supported

Use the AI-Insights feature with this chart type.

Create this chart

Data fields

Data type settings

Chart settings

Wizard settings

Usage hints

Open the All workbooks overview page and select your workbook.
Click Create → Wizard chart. You'll see the chart creation wizard.
On the top left, select the Dataset you want to visualize.
Click the chart type field on the right of the dataset section and select Pie chart from the drop-down menu.
Drag and drop Measures and Dimensions to the appropriate sections of the chart (see the Data fields tab).

Your chart creation wizard should look similar to the following:
Click Save in the upper-right corner of the page.
Name your chart and click Done.
Choose the appropriate location for your chart by dragging it around the dashboard and resize it by dragging the lower-right corner of its frame.
Click Save in the upper-right corner of the page.

Wizard slot	Description
Color	Dimension or `Measure Names`. Affects line colors. You can add a `Measure Names` or `Measure Values` field to this slot.
Measures	Measure. Single-field slot.
Sorting	Measure. Affects the sorting of the measures.
Signatures	Dimension or Measure. Shows dimension values on the chart. You can add a `Measure Names` or a `Measure Values` field to this slot.
Chart filters	Dimension or Measure. Used to filter values. You can add a `Measure Names` or `Measure Values` field to this slot.

To open field settings, click the field type icon before the field name:

for Integer type fields:

Name	Description	Possible values
Name	Sets the name of the measure	A string of characters.
Type (Before aggregation)	Sets the field's data type.	`Integer`, `Fractional number`, `String`, `Logical`, `Date`, `Date and time`
Aggregation	Applies a selected aggregation function to the data field.	No: doesn't apply aggregation. Count: applies the COUNT function, returns the total number of entries. Sum: applies the SUM function, returns the sum of all the field's values. Average: applies the AVG function, returns the arithmetic mean value. Minimum: applies the MIN function, returns the minimum value. Maximum: applies the MAX function, returns the maximum value. Count distinct: applies the COUNTD function to the data field and returns the number of unique values in the field.
Label	Displays labels with values on the chart.	`Show`, `Hide`
Precision	Sets the number of characters displayed after the decimal point in a value.	Any positive integer.
Format	Sets the value display format	Number: display the values as plain numbers. Percent: show the values as a percentage.
Show delimiter	Toggles the separation of groups of thousands.	Show: display spaces between groups of thousands. Hide: hide spaces between groups of thousands.
Prefix	Sets a text to display before the value	A string of characters.
Postfix	Sets a text to display after the value.	A string of characters.
Units	Sets a rounding scale to apply to the field's values.	`Null`: don't apply rounding. `Auto`: select and apply a rounding scale automatically. `Thousands, K`: round to thousands, display `000` as `K`. `Millions, M`: round to millions, display `000 000` as `M`. `Billions, B`: round to billions, display `000 000 000` as `B`. `Trillions, T`: round to trillions, display `000 000 000 000` as `T`.

for String type fields:

Name	Description	Possible values
Name	Sets the name of the dimension	A string of characters.
Type	Sets the field's data type.	`Integer`, `Fractional number`, `String`, `Logical`, `Date`, `Date and time`
Aggregation	Sets the aggregation type	No: doesn't apply aggregation. Count: applies the COUNT function to the data field and shows the number total number of entries. Count distinct: applies the COUNTD function to the data field and returns the number of unique values in the field.

Date type fields will convert into Integer.
Geodata type fields aren't supported by this chart type.

To open chart settings, click to the right of the chart type above the wizard slot fields. You'll see a dialog window with the following controls:

Control	Default state	Description
Header	`On`	Displays the specified text in the centered line above the chart.
Legend	`On`	Displays the field name associated with color line below the chart.

After managing the controls, click Apply to see the results on the chart preview.

To open slot settings, click in a row with the slot name.

Color:

On the left, you can select a line from a data source in the Colors slot of your chart.

On the right, you can select a color scheme and a color for the line. Select AUTO to let Visualization do the coloring for you.

This chart type can't display NULL or negative values.
We recommend displaying no more than three to six measures in a chart.
To display the values for each data point, drag Measure values to the Signatures section.

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