How to format the Power BI pie chart with examples? The Power BI pie chart format includes changing the position of the legend and title, cut and background colors, and more.
To demonstrate these formatting options, we will use the pie chart we created earlier. See the Pie Chart in Power BI article to understand the steps required to create a Power BI pie chart.
How to format the Power BI pie chart
Click on the Format to see the list of formatting options available for this pie chart.
<>Format legend for a Power Bi pie chart
To display the legend, select the legend region and change the option from Off to In. In the following screenshot, you can see the legend
Legend position: Use the drop down box to change the position of the pie chart legend according to your requirements. For now, we are selecting the Superior Center.
Title: Check to display the legend title, that is, EnglishCountryRegionName
Legend Name: You can change the name of the legend. Here, we are changing the names of your countries.
Colour: Use the color palette to add color to the legend
As you can see in the screenshot below, we changed the font family to Comic Sans and the font size to 14
Format data colors in a Power BI pie chart
Data colors means to change the cut colors. Use this section to change the default trim colors to the required ones.
For demonstration purposes, we changed the color from France to purple.
Format detail labels in a Power BI pie chart
Detail labels also called data labels. Use this section to format slice information
Label Style: By default, it shows Category (Column Value) as Label. Here we change it to All Detail Tags. It means that each slice shows the information about the filed name, the number of sales, and the percentage of the total.
Let me change the color of a label to green. You can also change the Display units from Automatic to Millions or Trillions.
We change the decimal values for quantity and percentage of the total to 2, the font family to Comic Sans and the text size to 12.
In the screenshot below, you can see all the changes we made so far.
Format title of a Power Bi pie chart
To display the title of the pie chart, select the title and change the option to Off to In.
As you can see in the screenshot below, we changed the title text, color, font style, font size, and title-center alignment.
Add background color to a pie chart in Power BI
By toggling the Background option a In, allows you to add the background color to the pie chart. For demonstration purposes, we are adding a background color. Here you can also change the transparency percentage.
Add border colors to the pie chart in Power BI
By toggling the Border option a In allows you to add borders to the pie chart. For demonstration purposes, we are adding green as the border color.
Use the General section to change the X, Y position and width and height of a pie chart
