Pie Series

In This Topic

Creating a Pie Series
Passing Data
Controlling the pie shape
Data Labels Layout
Formatting Commands
See Also

You add data to a pie chart by adding one or more pie series to its Series collection. When the Series collection contains more than one series the pie chart becomes a doughnut chart. The following pictures show a typical pie and doughnut charts:

Creating a Pie Series

Pie series are represented by the NPieSeries type. An instance of this type must be added to the series collection of a Pie chart:

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NPieSeries pieSeries = new NPieSeries(); pieChart.Series.Add(pieSeries);

Passing Data

Pie series accepts data points of type NPieDataPoint. The following code snippet shows how to add data to a pie series:

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NPieDataPoint pieDataPoint = new NPieDataPoint(); pieDataPoint.Value = 10; pieSeries.DataPoints.Add(pieDataPoint);

Controlling the pie shape

The shape of the pie segments can be controlled through the PieSegmentShape property. It accepts values from the ENPieSegment enumeration. For example, the following code will display a smooth edge pie chart:

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pieSeries.PieSegmentShape = ENPieSegmentShape.SmoothEdgePie;

The following table lists the different pie segment shapes:

Pie	Smooth Edge Pie	Cut Edge Pie

Ring	Smooth Edge Ring	Cut Edge Ring

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Data Labels Layout

The LabelMode property of the NPieSeries object controls how pie labels a positioned and laid out. The following table lists the available options:

ENPieLabelMode	Description
Center	Pie labels are displayed in the center of the pie segment:
Rim	Pie labels are displayed on the rim of the pie segment:
Spider	Pie labels are displayed on equal X coordinate distance from the center of the pie on the left and right side depending on the pie segment middle angle:

The following code snippet shows how to change the label mode of a pie series:

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pieSeries.LabelMode = ENPieLabelMode.Spider;

Depending on the LabelMode different label layouts apply. In case the LabelMode is set to ENPieLabelMode.Center or ENPieLabelMode.Rim pie labels are treated as normal data labels and the options described in the Series Label Layout apply. In case the LabelMode is set to ENPieLabelMode.Spider you can control the spider arrow length from the SpiderArrowLength property of the pie series.

Formatting Commands

The pie series supports the following formatting commands in addition to the standard (per data point) formatting commands:

<total> - displays the absolute sum of the values in the pie series.
<cumulative> - displays the sum of the values up to the current pie data point.
<percent> - displays the percent contribution of the pie value to the total pie sum.