Pie charts are drawn in counter clockwise direction

[MrFast]

Hi all!

 

This is confusing for our users, especially with several charts in the same screen, depicting different aspects of the same data. Column charts go left to right, but not pie charts. 

I believe the industry standard is clockwise.

Maybe I am missing something. Can I change charts direction?

 

I saw pie charts supported startingAngle - good!

Please add startingDirection.

(Maybe this should be in the Feature Request section?)

Kind regards!

/Hans

 

[Pallav]

If you just change the order of data in your XML document, you'll get the required direction.

[MrFast]

OK. I'll try that.

Thanks.

/Hans

[MrFast]

I tried it and it works. However it is quite cumbersome, for several reasons.

You have to reverse the order of the categories and the values when buildning the XML for the charts. Then you have to return the values again in the correct order when buildning the XML for the legend (grid component).

But, instead of whining, I decided to post my findings in the User Showcase area. So there you are, 2D Pie chart with legend - Demystified.

Enjoy.

(There seems to be a problem opening the attached .TXT document in the User Showcase area. I'm sure Pallav has a fix for that soon...)

/Hans