Where is pie in excel?

When creating a pie chart, the description of each section is called the category, and the number connected to the category is called the value. The categories will add up to 100 percent of whatever is being charted, and the relative size of each category is a visual representation of its relation to the whole. Categories shouldn’t overlap. For example, if one category is “Women” and another is “People Over Fifty,” there’s a pretty good chance that there will be women over 50 and therefore, they would be counted twice.

Pie charts are not effective if there are more than seven categories, but some of the variations available allow charts to display a couple more categories. Some experts don’t like pie charts because they find it difficult to accurately compare the angles, but adding labels to the data can overcome that issue.

Excel offers a number of variations on the basic pie chart. Steps for creating each are included in the instructions later in this article. The first three options displayed below are listed under the pie chart type, the last is listed under the other type.

Pie of Pie and Bar of Pie: Despite their clumsy names, these clever charts make it easier to view smaller values or subsets of the data that make up the category.

3D Chart: Add depth to a basic pie chart with the 3D option. Depending on the perspective, 3D charts may be misleading because smaller categories may appear larger than they are, so use them with care.

Doughnut Chart: This option looks just like a pie chart, but with a hole in the middle. Doughnut charts can have more than one data series.

Pie charts can be used to display a lot of different data sets, including things like factory output by shift, revenue generated by one product compared to total revenue, or water usage by type.

To create a pie chart of the 2017 data series, execute the following steps.

1. Select the range A1:D2.

2. On the Insert tab, in the Charts group, click the Pie symbol.

3. Click Pie.

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4. Click on the pie to select the whole pie. Click on a slice to drag it away from the center.

Result:

Note: only if you have numeric labels, empty cell A1 before you create the pie chart. By doing this, Excel does not recognize the numbers in column A as a data series and automatically creates the correct chart. After creating the chart, you can enter the text Year into cell A1 if you like.

Let's create one more cool pie chart.

5. Select the range A1:D1, hold down CTRL and select the range A3:D3.

6. Create the pie chart (repeat steps 2-3).

7. Click the legend at the bottom and press Delete.

8. Select the pie chart.

9. Click the + button on the right side of the chart and click the check box next to Data Labels.

10. Click the paintbrush icon on the right side of the chart and change the color scheme of the pie chart.

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11. Right click the pie chart and click Format Data Labels.

12. Check Category Name, uncheck Value, check Percentage and click Center.

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Pie charts, or circular graphs as they are also known, are a popular way to show how much individual amounts or percentages contribute to the total. In such graphs, the entire pie represents 100% of the whole, while the pie slices represent portions of the whole.

People love pie charts, while visualization expert hate them, and the main scientific reason for this is that a human eye is unable to compare angles accurately.

But if we cannot stop making pie graphs, why don't we learn how to do this properly? A pie chart can be difficult to draw by hand, with tricky percentages presenting an extra challenge. However, in Microsoft Excel you can make a pie chart in a minute or two. And then, you may want to invest a few more minutes in chart customization to give your Excel pie graph an elaborate professional look.

This is how you make pie charts in Excel. In the next part of Excel charts tutorial, we will dwell on making bar charts. Thank you for reading and see you next week!

Click Insert > Chart. Click Pie and then double-click the pie chart you want.