# Pie charts

The pie chart displays the relation between values as well as the relation of a single value to the total. You can use a pie chart when you have a single data series with only positive values.

Greens in regulation in a pie chart

![Example pie chart](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Resources/Images/on-the-fly-example-piechart-01-general.png)



## Default settings for a pie chart

The following settings are used by default in a pie chart:

* The top 10 sectors are presented in descending size order, clockwise.

* Colors are presented by dimension.

* Value labels are presented in percent.

* Dimension labels are automatically oriented along the slice to avoid intersecting other slices.

All these settings can be changed in the properties.

## Number of columns (dimensions and measures)

In the pie chart, the dimensions form sectors of the measure value. You can include one or two measures and one dimension in a pie chart.

If you add a second measure value, this will be used to encode the outer radius of each slice.

Greens in regulation in a pie chart with the average Stableford points determining slice radius

![Example pie chart with radius modification](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Resources/Images/on-the-fly-example-piechart-01-radius.png)

[Columns (dimensions and measures)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Sense_Mashups/Create/Visualizations/columns.htm)

## Donut charts

The pie char can be displayed as a donut instead of a pie.

Greens in regulation in a donut chart

![Example pie chart in donut format](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Resources/Images/on-the-fly-example-piechart-01-donut.png)

Greens in regulation in a donut chart with the average Stableford points determining slice radius

![Example pie chart with donut format and radius modification](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/May2025/Subsystems/Mashups/Content/Resources/Images/on-the-fly-example-piechart-02-radius-donut.png)