Pie in Pie Chart

This is the N4V FOR WEBI Wiki page for the Pie in Pie widget.

Updated for N4V 2025.2.10

• Two related pie charts made up of sectors.
  
• The smaller secondary pie chart is the detail of the sector selected on the larger primary pie chart.
  

• Dimension 1 : Dimension of the first level (larger or primary pie chart)
• Dimension 2 : Dimension of the second level (smaller or secondary pie chart)

• Mesaure 1 : Measure the sectors size

• Display the tooltip when you move the mouse over the slices of either pie chart.
• The primary pie chart rotates when clicked and the secondary pie appears or rotates to its proper position.

Use the Webi native element link function to make this graph interact with other elements of the same report (native Webi tables / graphs and / or Need4Viz graphs).

You can find instructions for accessing settings for Need4viz graphics: Format Custom Element. Pie in Pie , the available parameters are :

Global

• Palette and Style
  • General : You can use the palette tool (or follow this Knowledge Base article) to define the colors by the primary pie chart.

Extended parameters

• Global → See the user guide for the “Global” section here

• Menu → See the user guide for the “Menu” section here

• Options
  • Layout : Choose either horizontal or vertical orientation to draw the Pie in Pie chart
  • Sizes charts : This first setting defines the size of the primary pie chart in percentage. The second setting corresponds to the radius of the secondary pie chart (in percentage). An automatic calculation may adjust this radius to a correct value (if the value entered make the 2 pie charts overlapped). If labels are truncated, adjust the chart with these settings.
  • Label main chart : This setting allows you to set the label options of the primary pie chart. If labels are truncated, adjust the Display mode and the max width of the labels.
  • Label 2nd chart : This setting allows you to set the label options of the secondary pie chart. If labels are truncated, adjust the Display mode and the max width of the labels.
  • Colors : You can set here a gradient color usage or choose a palette for the secondary pie chart. IMPORTANT: The list of color palettes for the secondary pie chart is different than the list of color palettes available for the primary pie chart. Your Need4Viz Administrator can add palettes to the secondary list by following this knowledge base article.
  • Borders main chart : Allows to modify the color, the thickness and the corner radius of the borders of the primary pie chart.
  • Borders 2nd chart : Allows you to modify the color, the thickness and the corner radius of the borders of the secondary pie chart.
  • Sorting : This parameter is used to modify the sorting order of the areas in the circles. No sort = order of data as sent by Webi.

• Selection → See the user guide for the “Selection” section here

• Controls → See the user guide for the “Selection” section here

• Tooltip → See the user guide for the “Tooltip” section here

• Measure
  • Measure : This setting allows you to specify the unit to add as a measurement prefix or suffix as well as the measurement accuracy.
  • Aggregation : Define here the aggregate function to use for the primary pie chart
  • Percentage : You can set here the precision of the percentage labels.

Export SharePoint → See the user guide for the “Export SharePoint” section here

Export HTML → See the user guide for the “Export HTML” section here

Export FTP → See the user guide for the “Export FTP” section here