MSSQL Server Reporting Services: Master Chart Reports: Pie Charts in Reporting Services - Page 7August 30, 2004 9. Using the Palette dropdown selector, choose Semi-Transparent. 10. Select Pie under Chart Type in the lower left corner of the General tab. 11. Ensure that the leftmost of the two Chart sub-types is selected. 12. Click the Data tab to select it. 13. Select VendorStateAllocation in the Dataset name box. 14. Highlighting [Value], click Edit, to the right of the Values box. The Edit Chart Value dialog box appears. 15. Click the Point Labels tab to select it. 16. Click, to place a checkmark, in the checkbox to the left of Show point labels. 17. Click the Expression button (pictured in Illustration 19) to the immediate right of the Data label selector box.
The Edit Expression dialog box appears. 18. Type the following into the Expression area:
=Fields!StateCode.Value & vbcrlf & "(" &
CSTR(Count(Fields!VendorID.Value)) & ")"
The Edit Expression dialog appears as shown in Illustration 20.
By typing in the expression above, we are leveraging the data label to perform two functions: First, we are generating a State abbreviation (recall we are focusing on Washington, California, and Oregon) to label the sections of the chart. Second, we are adding a count of vendors within each respective section. The delivery of this data is, in effect, adding another conceptual dimension to the information we are imparting.
19. Click OK to accept input. The Edit Expression dialog box closes, returning us to the Point Labels tab. 20. Click the Label Style button in the lower left section of the Point Labels tab. The Style Properties dialog box appears. 21. Make the settings, listed in Table 2 below, within the Style Properties dialog box:
The Style Properties dialog appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration 21.
22. Click OK to accept settings. The Style Properties box closes. We return to the Edit Chart Value dialog box, which now appears as shown in Illustration 22.
23. Click OK to close the Edit Chart Value dialog. We return to the Chart Properties dialog box, Data tab. 24. Click the Legend tab to select it. 25. Uncheck Show Legend. As we shall see, our design will alleviate the need for a legend of the garden variety. Our expression in the Data Label above causes the placement of a label directly upon each section of the chart. The Legend tab appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration 23.
26. Click the 3-D Effect tab to select it. The 3-D Effect tab appears, with our settings, as depicted in Illustration 24.
27. Click the checkbox to the immediate left of Display Chart with 3-D Visual Effect, to place a checkmark there. 28. Click the General tab to review settings. The General tab appears, at this stage in our process, as shown in Illustration 25.
29. Click OK to accept all the settings we have made in the Chart Properties dialog box. The Chart Properties dialog closes, returning us to the generic chart item in Report Designer, Layout tab. |
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