Use pie charts

Prerequisites

  • You have the Insights Author license.

Page location

Insights > Analyses > Click an analysis

Use pie charts to compare values for items in a dimension. The best use for this type of chart is to show a percentage of a total amount.

Each wedge in a pie chart represents one item in the dimension. Wedge size represents the proportion of the value for the selected measure that the item represents compared to the whole for the dimension. Pie charts are best when precision isn't important and there are few items in the dimension.

Pie charts show up to 20 data points for group or color. For more information about how Insights handles data that falls outside display limits, see the “Display limits” section in Visual types in Insights.

Procedure

Create a pie chart

  1. Click Visualize (the bar chart icon in the tool bar). The Visuals panel opens.
  2. Click Add.

  3. Click the Pie chart icon.

  4. Drag a dimension from the Data panel into the Group/Color field well. The chart displays the division of values by row count.
  5. (Optional) To display the division of dimension values by a metric value, drag a measure into the Value field well.
  6. Drag a different measure into the Target Value field well.
  7. (Optional) To add drill-down layers, drag at least one more dimension into the Group/Color field well. For more information about adding drill-downs, see Adding drill-downs to visual data in Insights.

Pie chart features

The following table lists the actions you can do with pie charts.

Feature Supported? Comments For more information
Change the legend display Yes   Legends on visual types in Insights
Change the title display Yes   Titles and subtitles on visual types in Insights
Change the axis range Not applicable   Range and scale on visual types in Insights
Show or hide axis labels Yes   Axes and grid lines on visual types in Insights
Change the visual colors Yes   Colors in visual types in Insights
Focus on or exclude elements Yes, with exceptions You can focus on or exclude a wedge in a pie chart, except when you are using a date field as a dimension. In that case, you can only focus on a wedge, not exclude it.

Focus on visual elements

Exclude visual elements

Sort Yes You can sort on the field that you choose for the value or the group or color. Sorting visual data in Insights
Perform field aggregation Yes You must apply aggregation to the field that you choose for the value. You cannot apply aggregation to the field that you choose for group or color. Changing field aggregation
Add drill-downs Yes You can add drill-down levels to the Group/Color field well. Adding drill-downs to visual data in Insights

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