Showing Part-to-Whole Relationships in Power BI: A Comprehensive Guide to Charts and Graphs

Visualizing data breakdown in Power BI.

Arpita Ghosh
Predict

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Introduction:

Understanding data composition and distribution is crucial for analysis and decision-making. Power BI is a robust visualization tool with various charts and visualizations that showcase part-to-whole relationships in datasets.

In this blog post, we'll explore Power BI's diverse chart options, empowering users to gain insights into data proportions, percentages, and contributions.

Pie and Donut Charts:

A pie chart is the most common visualization. It displays the part-to-whole relationships of categorical data.

Categories are shown as slices of a pie chart, indicating their proportion or percentage in relation to the whole.

In a similar way, a donut chart displays values as part of a whole.

It shows different categories and their proportions, making it easy to understand the contributions in the dataset.

If you have requirements to display data as part of a whole, then which one will you choose?

  1. If you have more than 4 or 5 categories, go with a pie chart. If you…

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