Creating a donut chart

A donut chart, like a pie chart, shows part-to-whole relationships. And like a traditional donut (the sweet, edible kind), it has a hole in the middle.

In this recipe, we will create a donut chart that shows the breakdown of Hollywood's top movies from 2007-2011 by genre.

Creating a donut chart

Getting ready

To follow this recipe, open B05527_02 – STARTER.twbx. Use the worksheet called Donut, and connect to the HollywoodMostProfitableStories data source.

Getting ready

How to do it...

The following are the steps to create a donut chart:

  1. Change the mark type to Pie in ...

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