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Too Many Values. Not Showing All Data. - error for pie chart?
(edit after reading Greg_Deckler 's response. For sure this is new, because I'm still running the July version of the desktop (which is why I don't see it there))
The icon only shows up on the site, not the desktop.
This looks like a bug MiguelMartinez... The error goes away if you do not include the "unspecified" value (very small).
It would appear that the chart "rounds" out the number and doesn't show it, which is really odd behavior. I would think at the very least a pointer with "Unspecified" would show as a slice.
I don't know how you shaped your data but the screenshot below shows both ways I tried, and in both cases the site displayed the same behavior.
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I think the issue may just be in the wording. I think it's trying to say "Some slices are too small to draw, so I didnt draw them". It didnt drop the data rows, it just physically can't draw a slice that small.
You can't really fix that, it cant draw smaller than 1 pixel. Some pie chart engines get around this by lumping multiple small slices into an 'other' slice. others list the values in the legend, even if there is no visible slice
I think you are right on the wording for the explanation just being off. I am having the same issue but when I enlarge the chart a little, a line with with the category name appears. And when enlarge the chart all the way, the missing data section shows up. Though even after it shows up, the warning does not disappear.
ColinM I agree, the wording is bad. But i can see the same behavior in xy-charts, which is really, really annoying. There single data dots are simply left out.
What I am saying is that this problem not only occurs in the pie chart, but in all types of charts, where much data has to be aggregated and displayed seperately.
