Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide

Pie and Donut charts

Both the Pie chart and Donut chart are meant to visualize a particular section to the whole, rather than comparing individual values to each other. The only difference between the two is that the Donut chart has a hole in the middle, which could allow for some sort of label. Both of these visuals can be very effective in allowing interactive filtering, but if there are too many categories it can become difficult to read and interpret.

Let's look at, setting up the visual:

1. Ensure that no other visual is currently highlighted, and select the Donut chart visual. Move and resize the visual so as to take up a quarter of the report canvas, preferably above or below the Bar chart.
2. We will be populating two fields for this visual; ...