Pie Chart and Donut Chart Tiles

This article includes the following:

Note: Both pie and donut charts show up to 6 different sections

 Sections 1-5  These sections present the top 5 metrics based on the metric expression you have created.
 Section 6  This section presents an accumulation of all remaining metrics and is referenced as "Other"

 

Creating a Pie chart or Donut tile

  1. Open a dashboard.
  2. Click Edit (located at the top right corner). Note that the Edit button is only displayed if you are the dashboard owner, or belong to a group with access to the dashboard. See also Edit vs View modes.
  3. Click + Add Tile, and select Pie or Donut from the displayed options. The Add Tile window is displayed.

    piechart.png

  4. Select the Tile Type:

    Pie

    The metric is displayed as per the example here:

    piechart-type.png

    Donut

    The metric is displayed as per the example here:

    donut-type.png
  5. Add measures and expressions:
    • In the Simple tab, select the relevant measure. You can then filter by dimensions and select to Group by a specific dimension(s); for further information, see Metric Expressions.
    • In the Advanced tab, create an expression; for further information, see Metric Expressions.

      Note that you can also click the MoreInfo-alert.png icon to the right of the Simple and Advanced tabs to perform additional actions:
      - Select Clear Expression Tree to remove all the displayed measures and dimensions.
      - Select Show in Metric Explorer to open the selected metrics in the Metric Explorer.
      - Click the Show Composites toggle switch to display/hide composite metrics. 

  6. [Optional] In the Title field, define a title for the tile.
  7. Select the layout of your tile in the Display Options section. 
    • Select the unit to be displayed.
    • Click the Decimals option switch to display the measure in decimal form.
    • Click the Abbreviate option switch to display an abbreviated form of the measure - e.g. Change 514,187 to 514K. 
    • Click the Show Measure option switch to display the measure.
  8. In the Legend Options section, select the Show Legend on Tile checkbox if you want to include the legend on the tile.
  9. Click Save tile.
  10. Click Save Dashboard to save your tile to the dashboard.

Customizing a Pie chart or Donut chart tile

You can edit and customize an existing dashboard tile according to your requirements.

  1. Open the relevant dashboard.
  2. On the relevant tile, click the Settings icon and then select Edit Tile. 

    dashboard-tile-options-pie-donut.png
    You can also duplicate the tile by selecting Duplicate (you can select to duplicate the tile on this dashboard or another dashboard), create an alert by selecting Create Alert (add an alert name in the displayed window), or delete the tile by selecting Delete Tile. You can also click Show in Metric Explorer to view the selected metrics in the Metric Explorer, and Export to CSV.

  3. In the displayed Edit Tile window, customize the settings as required. Refer to the Creating a Pie chart or Donut chart tile  section for details. 
  4. Click Save Dashboard to implement your changes to the dashboard.