How can I get a blank pie chart to show 0 is no values for the month

[Earl40]

I have a pie chart filtered to show only XYZ items for the past 1 calendar months. The chart doesnt show any values since theres no XYZ items for December 2024. I want the chart to automatically show 0 if theres no data. Sample data set and screenshot below. Thank you in advace

powerbi screenshot

data set:

Category	Date
ABC	12/8/2024
ABC	12/9/2024
ABC	12/10/2024
ABC	12/11/2024
ABC	12/12/2024
XYZ	11/13/2024
XYZ	11/14/2024
DEF	12/12/2024
DEF	12/13/2024
DEF	12/14/2024

[Irwan · Accepted solution]

hello @Earl40 

i am not sure if you can do this in pie chart.

if there is a pie, it means there is a value. But you can show zero in card visual that means you need to insert another visual.

however, i think i have seen a trick to manage this but if you have many pies (make a separation or something) but i doubt it will work if you want to show one pie with blank value.

Hope this will help.

Thank you.

[v-jingzhan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Earl40 

I agree with @Irwan. The Pie chart is to show how individual parts contribute to the whole. When the whole is 0, it cannot display 0 singly. 

The trick is to use a Card visual to display the count value 0. Then use conditional formatting feature to set up the background and text color of the Card visual. Place this Card visual over the Pie chart to indicate that there is no data. 

• When the Count is not blank, set up the background and text to transparent color.
• When the Count is zero, set up the background to white (the same background color of the pie chart) and set text to black (or other color as you like).  

Steps are:

1. Create a [Count] measure and place it in a Card visual. 

Count = COUNT('Table'[Category])+0

2. Create a measure for Card Text color.

Card Text Color = IF([Count]>0, "#FF000000")  // "#FF000000" is a fully transparent color

3. Create a measure for Card Background color.

Card BG Color = IF([Count]>0, "#FF000000", "#FFFFFF")

4. Conditionally format the Card visual's Callout value and Background based on above two measures. Turn off Category label. 

5. Move the Card visual over the Pie chart and adjust the visual size. Ensure the Card visual can fully cover the Pie chart when the Count is 0. 

Result:

When the count is not blank

When the count is blank or zero

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Best Regards,
Jing
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[Ritaf1983]

Hi @Earl40 

Could you please show what you expect to see in a situation where there is nothing in the visual based on the filters?
Do you mean a message to the user indicating that the result is 0, or something else?

[Irwan · Accepted solution]

hello @Earl40 

i am not sure if you can do this in pie chart.

if there is a pie, it means there is a value. But you can show zero in card visual that means you need to insert another visual.

however, i think i have seen a trick to manage this but if you have many pies (make a separation or something) but i doubt it will work if you want to show one pie with blank value.

Hope this will help.

Thank you.