Creating a pie chart
A pie chart is a circle graph that is divided into sectors. It is used to compare values for different categories in your data on a relative basis. Each pie sector represents a specific category, and its size the category's contribution to the whole value, expressed as a percentage.
Procedure
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On the authoring bar, click
Visualization types
to open the flyout.
Example: A simple pie chart
The data table lists the sales of different fruits.
The pie chart below shows the different contributions of different fruit types to the total sales. Note the settings on the Color by and Sector size by axes.
The pie chart below shows the different contributions of different fruit types to the total sales. Note the settings on the Color by and Sector size by axes.
Example: Trellised pies with Size by
If you split the visualization into multiple pies for different
categories using trellising, you can also add a sizing per pie by selecting a
categorical column on the
Size by setting in the legend or in
visualization properties panel (Pie size by in the
visualization properties dialog or popover).
In this example, each pie shows the sum of sales for different types
of, fruit, vegetable and spices (Sector size by=Sum([Sales])),
but the size of each pie also shows that the total sum of sales is largest for
the "Fruit" category, and smallest for the "Spices" category (Size
by=Sum([Sales])).
For more information about the different scale configurations for the Size by axis, see Resizing markers.