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ChrisFromOhio
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8 months ago
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Pie Chart Custom Data Label

Please help because I feel like this should absolutely be a thing in Power BI but I cannot seem to figure it out.   I need to create a pie chart with a data label that shows the category name, the ...
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  • ChrisFromOhio's avatar
    ChrisFromOhio
    8 months ago

    Through a ton of trial and error using ChatGPT, I was able to get the visual I needed using an R script visual.

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samratpbi
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8 months ago

Hi ChrisFromOhio as per my understanding, you cant add additional details in the data labels for pie chart to be displayed in the report. One option, you have already took, i.e. additional KPI into a tooltip. Another is, you can add a subtitle and add additional details. 

Another trick, if you really want to show additional details in the visual itself, without user hovering over the visual, is

1. create another pie chart

2. use the 2nd KPI

3. place the 2nd pie chart on top of 1st, then use some formatting like remove backgroud, change colors etc and place exactly on top of 1st one. Below is a screenshot.

 

Hope this will help to solve your problem. If it does, then please mark it as solution.

Thanks - Samrat

 

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    ChrisFromOhio
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    8 months ago

    Hi samratpbi - thank you for your reply. Unfortunately this isn't exactly visually appealing, and has other limitations as well. I'm going to leave this thread open for now in case anyone is able to suggest another visual that would be able to give me what I'm looking for.