Pie Chart
Also known as Circle Graph
1. What is a Pie chart?
A pie chart breaks down proportions and percentages between categories by dividing a circle into proportional segments. Each segment size represents a proportion of each category, while the entire circle represents the total value of all the data summing up 100%.
When to use a Pie Chart?
A pie chart is ideal in the case when you want to show the breakdown of data into its segments. Pie Charts is helpful in the following scenarios:
Comparison between each segment of data.
When you have only ONE data series.
Each category represents the part of the entire pie.
The segments are of comparable sizes so that the value of one segment does not dwarf the values of other segments.
2. How to build a Pie chart with example
The pie chart displays revenue distribution across various item types, providing a visual representation of how different categories contribute to the overall revenue.
Click Click here to add your first chart
In the menu, select Pie to create a pie chart
3. Pie Chart Config
Select the database you use to create suggested in the list
Choose the table containing the data you use to create, then it will show you the list of fields included in the table
Drag/drop or select the Legend properties you want to display on the Pie Chart
Drag/drop or select the Value corresponding to the Legend properties
Drag/drop or select the Sorting field to sort out the data in the chart (optional)
Drag/drop or select the Filters field that you want to focus in the chart (optional)
You can see the visualization of your chart on the left side and select Settings to change the element’s settings
LEGEND
When you turn the legend on, you can change the legend position (top, bottom, middle), input the name, choose the font, color and size of the name.
TITLE & SUBTITLE
You can change the title of the chart, choose the font, color and size of the name. You can also add the subtitle and change its format.
DATA COLOR
Data color can be set auto or you can choose your favorite colors.
DATA LABEL
If you turn the label on, it will display the raw value that the sectors represent. You can choose its style to perform (value, percent, raw), choose the font, color and size of the label and its position.
BACKGROUND
You can change the background color of the chart.
TOOLTIP
When you hover over a pie of the chart, a text box appears to display information about the data of that pie. You can change the text color, font, and background.
OTHER
Display unit and Precision: change the display unit and precision value
Decimal point and Thousand separator:
Enable external filter: When you turn it off, filters will not be applied to the created chart
Enable cross filter: This function only appears in Pie Chart. When you single-click to a pie of a pie chart, it will be used as a filter for other charts in the dashboard.
Enable drill down
Enable change date function
8. After building the chart visualization, click Add to create your chart.
9. Click Edit in the sidebar menu to change chart settings
We hope that the above instructions will be useful to you. Let's have a look at our other articles to learn more about using other charts in data visualization with Rocket.BI.
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