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Help_me_please
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2 years ago

Donut chart - Spacing

Good afternoon everyone,   I have a rather simple problem. When creating a donut chart, Power BI draws a very big chart area in which it display a tiny donut and a legend. I essentially want to r...
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2 years ago

Hi Help_me_please ,

Thank you for your question. I understand that you want to optimize the space used by the donut chart and its legend within your report. I have some suggestions here that I hope will be of some help to you:

  1. Click on the donut chart to select it and you will see handles around the chart that you can drag to resize the chart area. Try to make the chart area as large as possible within the boundaries of where you want it to be.
  2. In the "Format" pane, look for the "General" section. Adjust the "Inner padding" slider to reduce the space between the donut chart and the legend.
  3. With the donut chart still selected, go to the "Format" pane on the right side. Scroll down to the "Legend" section. Here, you can adjust the position of the legend by selecting options like "Top", "Bottom", "Right", or "Left”. You can also adjust the legend's size by changing the "Text size" property.
  4. Unfortunately, Power BI does not provide direct control over the plot area like Excel does. However, you can try to adjust the size of the visual itself and the legend to indirectly control the plot area.
  5. If the default donut chart does not meet your needs, you might want to explore custom visuals available in the Power BI Visuals Marketplace that offer more control over spacing and layout.
  6. If you think this is an important feature worthy of Power BI support, you can also give feedback on this issue in the Power BI Community or the Ideas section on the Power BI website.

 

Best Regards,

Yifan Wang

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