

Value – this allows you to specify a threshold under which values are moved to the second pie.In the Split Series menu you will find three more options: Position is not the only way Excel allows you to specify which categories are placed in the second pie. In your task pane you can now change the Values in second plot setting. In Excel 2013, right-click on one of the pies and select Format Data Series. You can change the number of categories that move to the second pie. In my chart data (opposite), I’ve sorted the sales values in descending order so that worst performers end up in the second pie. So how does Excel decide which categories of data to put in the second pie? By default it selects based on position, selecting the last three categories in your chart data. “Other” represents the combined share of the categories in the second pie. Notice that the main pie includes a slice called “Other”.

Their slices would have looked tiny on the main pie chart, but moved over to the second pie – they are much easier to read. In the example below Bert, Brenda and Barbara ended up getting the smallest share of sales for 2013. The Pie of Pie chart type is in this menu. To create a Pie of Pie, click into your chart data and on the Ribbon’s INSERT tab click on the Pie button in the Charts group. A pie of pie chart will enable you to move these small slices to a separate pie chart so that they are easier to read. Pie of Pie charts are useful if you have several categories of data that end up representing small slices in your pie chart.
