Point labels on Pie chart

I have a pie chart and have tried every option I could find on the Data tab for the point labels. They bunch up all over the place. What am I missing?

Does Dundas do this better?

Jerry

What do you mean "they bunch up all over the place" ? Have you tried an exploded Pie chart?

Edit: Also, on the data tab, click edit on your value. On the point labels tab, you can change the position and font size of the labels.

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Yes I have tried exploded pie charts.

By bunch up I mean that the labels overlap one another and are completly un-readable. This happens particularily with the sections that are small pieces of the pie.

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Adam Tappis could let you know if Dundas handles it better. I know he uses it.

By the way, SQL 2008 will come packaged with Dundas technology.

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Have you made sure that the point labels are outside the Pie graph rather than inside it?

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156263.aspx

Also when I want to maximise space I choose the donut instead of pie

Cheers

Mark

point labels bar charts

It looks to me like you can only place point labels outside of the chart when
using pie charts. Can someone verify this for me or let me know what I am
doing wrong? Chart type is column, delselected Auto and chose right but the
label is still in the middle of the column area.
Also, we would like to be able to control overlaping labels. I saw a
posting that this is not supported - is this true and will it be supported in
the next version?
Thanks!If you check "Auto" for the datapoint label position, then the labels should
never overlap (unless you have a stacked column/bar chart where it can still
happen).
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"debra doty" <debradoty@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> It looks to me like you can only place point labels outside of the chart
when
> using pie charts. Can someone verify this for me or let me know what I am
> doing wrong? Chart type is column, delselected Auto and chose right but
the
> label is still in the middle of the column area.
> Also, we would like to be able to control overlaping labels. I saw a
> posting that this is not supported - is this true and will it be supported
in
> the next version?
> Thanks!|||But they do overlap. Mainly we are having a problem with lines on bar
charts. Point labels on the lines are overlapping point labels on the bars
as well as other lines. Auto is selected.
"Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> If you check "Auto" for the datapoint label position, then the labels should
> never overlap (unless you have a stacked column/bar chart where it can still
> happen).
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> "debra doty" <debradoty@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:395CDF6E-AC41-48BE-83C2-1112FABFC60F@.microsoft.com...
> > It looks to me like you can only place point labels outside of the chart
> when
> > using pie charts. Can someone verify this for me or let me know what I am
> > doing wrong? Chart type is column, delselected Auto and chose right but
> the
> > label is still in the middle of the column area.
> >
> > Also, we would like to be able to control overlaping labels. I saw a
> > posting that this is not supported - is this true and will it be supported
> in
> > the next version?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
>|||I just double checked the behavior to be sure I was stating it clearly. When
auto is selected, the line point labels overlap the bar point labels. When
auto is not selected, we don't get the arrow pointing to the line the label
is for. This is a problem for lines that are close to each other. Because
the labels can't appear outside of the chart, part of the text is chopped
off.
If we could set the line point labels to display outside of the graph, we
wouldn't have this problem. I guess I am asking to put this on the wish list.
"debra doty" wrote:
> But they do overlap. Mainly we are having a problem with lines on bar
> charts. Point labels on the lines are overlapping point labels on the bars
> as well as other lines. Auto is selected.
> "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> > If you check "Auto" for the datapoint label position, then the labels should
> > never overlap (unless you have a stacked column/bar chart where it can still
> > happen).
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> > "debra doty" <debradoty@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:395CDF6E-AC41-48BE-83C2-1112FABFC60F@.microsoft.com...
> > > It looks to me like you can only place point labels outside of the chart
> > when
> > > using pie charts. Can someone verify this for me or let me know what I am
> > > doing wrong? Chart type is column, delselected Auto and chose right but
> > the
> > > label is still in the middle of the column area.
> > >
> > > Also, we would like to be able to control overlaping labels. I saw a
> > > posting that this is not supported - is this true and will it be supported
> > in
> > > the next version?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >|||If we set all of the point labels (for all lines and all bars) to Auto, they
do not overlap. But, the numbers are all strewn over the report so no human
being could possibly read it.
We should be able to tell some data values to move their point labels
automatically and set other values. Having the line point lables outside of
the chart would also solve our problem.
"debra doty" wrote:
> But they do overlap. Mainly we are having a problem with lines on bar
> charts. Point labels on the lines are overlapping point labels on the bars
> as well as other lines. Auto is selected.
> "Robert Bruckner [MSFT]" wrote:
> > If you check "Auto" for the datapoint label position, then the labels should
> > never overlap (unless you have a stacked column/bar chart where it can still
> > happen).
> >
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> > "debra doty" <debradoty@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:395CDF6E-AC41-48BE-83C2-1112FABFC60F@.microsoft.com...
> > > It looks to me like you can only place point labels outside of the chart
> > when
> > > using pie charts. Can someone verify this for me or let me know what I am
> > > doing wrong? Chart type is column, delselected Auto and chose right but
> > the
> > > label is still in the middle of the column area.
> > >
> > > Also, we would like to be able to control overlaping labels. I saw a
> > > posting that this is not supported - is this true and will it be supported
> > in
> > > the next version?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >