Donut Chart - Nimble Knowledge Base

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Overview

The Donut chart is a variation of the pie chart. The Donut chart is used to show the part-to-whole relationship. It shows the distribution of the workitems in different colored slices. Each slice represents a workitem type and its percentage with respect
to the whole chart.

The Donut chart is available on the Analytics Builder.

Configuring a Donut Chart

To plot a donut chart, perform the following steps –

1. Open the Analytics page and click the Add Widget icon. The Analytics Builder appears.

2. Click the Pie/Donut chart. The Settings page appears.

Pie chart

3. Enter the given information in the Data Criteria and Dimension and Settings as per your requirements.

Widget Name – Modify the widget name if required.

Data Criteria

Select Workitem type – Select the workitem type for which you want to plot the chart. You can select any number of workitems for a scatter chart. If the selected workitem type has no instances in it, a message is displayed on the screen.
Note: If you select the My Workitem option, the Release, Sprint, and Task Plan options won’t be selected as they are dependent on the form’s execution.
Select workitem status- Select the workitem status such as All, Open, and Closed for the workitem types.
Select Filter – Select the filter that you want to apply to the workitems for the scatter chart. You can also create a new filter.
Date Range – The Date Range section provides flexible options for selecting date-based criteria and ranges:
- Select Date Criteria: Use the dropdown menu to choose how data is fetched. Options include Created on, Closed on, and Last modified on.
- Select Date Range: Choose dynamic or custom date ranges to automatically display data based on the selected period. The options include – Custom dates ( Requires additional selection of Start Date and End Date), Current month, Current quarter, Current week, Current year and many more.
- If “Custom dates” is selected, two additional dropdowns will appear to specify the Start Date and End Date.

Note: For Organization Analytics and Personal Analytics, the Date Range section will only display Start Date and End Date options.

Dimensions and Settings

Select aggregation – You can plot the chart based on the numeric field of the selected workitem type such as count, sum, percentage, etc.
Select chart type – Select the Donut from the drop-down list to plot a donut chart.
Show Data Labels – Enable this option to view the data labels/values on the chart.
Select the attribute (and its values) which you want to be plotted on the chart. The attribute field shows all the fields which are common in the selected workitem types.

Best Use

The Donut chart is best used to plot the part-to-whole relationship. For example, you can plot the priority-wise count of the workitems in a or the different types of workitems worked upon in a release or the different types of skills the team members
have in the team and many more such scenarios in a donut shape.

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