Pie Series

Pie series have a single data value per pie slice that is graphically represented as a percentage of the sum of all the values in the series. Pie series may not be mixed with other series types.

Pie series accept dragged colors to set the slice fill color, the outline color and the gradient fill color. Other attributes of Pie series may be changed through the Pie Series Inspector.


Pie Series Inspector

When a Pie series is selected in the chart, the Inspector displays the controls that are used to set its attributes.  The Pie Series Inspector contains a tab view with two tabs: Style and Labels.  The contents of each of those tabs are addressed separately below.

Style Tab

The attributes set with controls found in the tab labeled ÒStyleÓ apply only to the currently selected series. Changing the values of these attributes does not affect any of the other series in the chart unless they are also selected.

¥ Line Width and Color
The Line Width slider and the color well set the width and color all of the lines outlining the Pie slices.
 
¥ 3D Effect

Pie series are flat two-dimensional graphics by default. You can enhance the look of any Pie series by making it three-dimensional. 3D Pies have additional attributes that you can alter:

 

Height - The height or thickness of a pie is set with the slider or by entering a value in the text field. Here is an example of a pie series whose height is smaller than the one shown above.


Elevation -
The elevation of a 3D pie is set with the elevation slider or text field.


Angle - The angle of a 3D pie is set with the angle slider or text field.

¥ Rotation
Rotates the pie about the center point.

¥ Series Name
The Series Name switch turns the Series name labels on or off.

¥ Series Name Color
Sets the color used to draw the series name.

¥ Gradient Fill
Adds a concentric gradient fill to pie series.

¥ Slice Offset
Select a slice that you want to offset from the pie by double clicking on the slice, then set the slice offset.


Labels Tab

 
The contents of this tab are used to control the content, color, position and rotation of the series labels.

¥ Labels
A switch titled ÒLabelsÓ at the top of the tab view panel will enable or disable the series labels for the selected series.

¥ Label Content
The content of the data labels is set to:
Data - numeric labels
Text - textual labels
Text and Data - both textual and numeric values in the labels

The textual labels are taken from the row label cells in the Data View Window. The numeric labels are the data value that determines the Pie slice size. When choosing the percent option, data labels are shown as a percentage of the whole pie.

¥ Label Position
Label positioning options are relative to the pie slice Ð centered on the slice or positioned just outside the pie.  Series labels can be double-clicked to deep-select them, then dragged freely across the chart. When this is done, the label position is set to ÒCustomÓ.

¥ Label Color
The Label Color sets the display color of series labels.

¥ Label Rotation
The Rotation controls set the rotation of all of the series labels.