Chapter 5. Pie Charts

In this chapter, you will learn how to plot pie charts and explore their various options. We will then examine how to put multiple pies inside a chart. After that, we will find out how to create a donut chart. We will then end the chapter by sketching a chart that contains all the series types that we have learned so far—column, line, and pie. In this chapter, we will be covering the following topics:

• Understanding the relationship between chart, pie, and series

• Plotting simple pie charts – single series

• Plotting multiple pies in a chart – multiple series

• Preparing a donut chart – multiple series

• Building a chart with multiple series types

• Understanding the startAngle and endAngle options

• Creating a simplified version of the stock picking wheel chart