Pie Charts - Quick Tab

Graphical Analytic Techniques

Select the Quick tab of the Pie Charts Startup Panel to access the options described here. For more options, select the Advanced tab. Other specific pie layout, location, proportions, and exploding options are available on the Plot: Pies tab of the Graph Options dialog box.

Graph type

Select the type of pie chart to be plotted from the Graph type list. Click the desired plot link below for a brief description of that type of graph.

Pie Chart - Counts

Pie Chart - Values

Variables

Click the Variables button to display a standard variable selection dialog box, in which you select the variable(s) for the graph. When you select more than one variable for the pie charts, a cascade of graphs (one for each selected variable) will be produced. The selection made will be displayed below the Variables button.

Frequency Intervals

These options are available when the Counts type of pie chart is selected (see above), which displays frequency data. Use the options in this group box to select a method of categorization for the selected variable(s). For more information on these methods, see the Method of categorization topic. Note you can only select from four categories on this tab: Integer mode, Unique Values mode, Categories, and Codes. For additional pie categories, select the Advanced tab.

Explode slice

Select this check box to "explode" a specified number of slices of the pie; see also the  Plot: Pies tab of the Graph Options dialog box for more details.