SSRS Pie Chart - Get Label Lines to Point Inside the Chart - visual-studio-2012

Is it possible to have the label pointer lines to point within the pie chart area? I found that you can control the line size and bend with the Custom Attributes, "LabelsHorizontalLineSize" and "LabelsRadialLineSize" on the Chart Series, but can they point inside instead of outside?
Basically, I currently have a chart that looks like this:
but I would like it to look like this (with the dots at the end if possible):
Is there a way to do this in Visual Studio SSRS Report Designer?

Short answer, no. This is one of the (many) limitations of SSRS

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Chart Missing Observations

I'm having trouble with a combination chart. I'm using the old-school chart because same vis in the Legacy Visualizations and New Visualizations forces a second values axis with a different scale on the right. I don't want that.
The trouble I'm having is that not all of the observations are showing up. I have a page with a chart and a list. Both use the same query, but some observations are missing from the chart.
[MATSLabNumberNumeric] = cast ( substring ( [MATS Lab Number], 6 ), int ) where MATS Lab Number is like FA0200088 (for the first observation in the list). All observations are displayed if the MATS Lab Number is used, but not if MATSLabNumberNumeric is used.
I tried resizing the chart, but as expected, changing the layout had no effect on the data being presented. It just made the columns wider or narrower.
I have had the same results in all combinations of these:
Cognos Analytics 11.0.13
Cognos Analytics 11.1.7
Interactive Viewer
Compatible Viewer
11.4 styles
10.x styles
combination chart
bar chart
column chart
area chart
line chart
Any idea what could be causing this? Is there a property I inadvertently flipped?
You can try adjusting the width of the chart under the Size and Overflow property.

Color the gaps between stacked columns in Excel/ThinkCell

Can I do that in Excel or PowerPoint, maybe with necessary add-ins like Think Cell? I wouldn't want to do that manually by using shapes or overlaying one type of chart over another.
An example of such chart from McKinsey research:
To create such a chart I would assume that the author either colored it manually (not so unlikely if the picture is a one-off, consultancies have lots of people for such tasks) or used the following trick: The picture you showed consists of two charts (leaving the pillars on the right hand side out of scope):
The bar chart with all the numbers and texts in front
And in the background an area chart without numbers and texts
While 1) will only have columns for 2012, 2013, ... 2017 it is necessary that 2) is more granular and contain y-values for the following x-values 2012-left, 2012-right, 2013-left, 2013-right and so on.
In the end there will be quite some fine-tuning required.
All the best.
Jens

Integrating charts in Excel

I was wondering if there is a way to integrate a bar chart and a line chart into "one single chart", where the bars are "on top of the line plot? See picture for a clearer view.
(Obviously the bar-chart is not supposed to be outside the actual plot...)
This is a bit of a hack, but you could create two charts with the chart area fill transparency turned to 100%. This allows charts to be placed on top of each other, but in a way that both can be seen. Turning off any elements in the chart that you don't want (for example, duplicate axis) would enhance the presentation.
Problem solved. It was actually just a matter of scaling data, and using two "line with markers" type charts. The lines in between each dot in the one showing the percentage, were then removed. Then, using a certain layout, a line connecting the two series could appear (as shown in pic).

How to apply a saved chart template to an existing chart?

I recently created a custom contour chart in excel to display my data colored with a heat-map color mapping. I'm using a Excel 2011 on a Mac. I can't find a way to reuse the saved template. The help instructs me to
Click the chart
On the Charts tab, under Change Chart Type, click Other, and then under Templates, click the chart template that you created.
There is no "Templates" Icon Group or an entry in the menu.
What am I missing here?
It is really not obvious!
You have to scroll down the chart type list (toolbar Charts/button Other)
The saved templates are "hidden" at the very end of the list.
=>It is especially handy when you need to draw many of the same charts.
Yes, on the other side to save a chart as template you just need to:
- Right click on the finished chart
or
- Select the menu Chart/Save as template...
Your saved templates are under Change Chart Type --> Other, you just have to scroll down below the radar charts. I know, not very intuitive....
The answer did not work for my Mac version of Excel. First I needed to unhide the Library folder with a terminal command:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
After that I needed to look up (Google) where Excel writes down its Chart Templates:
../Library/Application Support/Office/Chart Templates/
Only after that I was able to do what is suggested above, right-click an existing chart and save it as a template. Phew!
Thanks for sharing.
I was able to apply the template by doing the following:
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/Chart Templates/Your_template_Name.crtx
then go to Charts > Other > Scroll down to the bottom > Select your template(s) from the Templates section
On Mac OS I couldn't apply a saved template from any location. The templates have to be saved in the Excel's templates folder. To find it go to chart design -> change chart type -> Manage Templates...
Once you copy your templates to this folder, if you go to
chart design -> change chart type -> templates
you'll be able to apply your template.
I had to put my templates here, perhaps because I also have a previous office version installed??
Mac OS, Excel v. 16.64
/Users/me/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content.localized/Chart Templates.localized
(Search for Chart templates with system files revealed in Finder.)

How to extract each color bar and copy them in a table?

I made a diagram to show unique columns with several colors in each, as shown in the picture.
I have hundreds of that to make and I have no idea about how to do that.
I would like to know if it's possible to extract each color bar separately and copy them under "Icons". I am not sure if the word "extract" is the correct term, but I would like to display a raw-image of that color bar.
Maybe a formula?
I am able to use Office Excel and Libreoffice Calc.
Thank you so much.
These are instructions to do this manually, but this would be an ideal project to apply VBA and automate these tasks.
The idea is to create each category of stacked bar as its own individual chart, which can then be exported or copied to an image file.
This is based on the "spark lines" concept, which is small, eye-catching graphics embedded within the text of a document, as opposed to large graphics. MS added some sparklines functionality in recent versions of Office apps, and although MS "spark lines" doesn't support stacked bar chart type, the same thing can still be accomplished with a little work.
Step 1: Select one row of the data and do Insert Chart, stacked bar.
Step 2: Select data and Switch Rows & Columns.
Step 3: Delete the gridlines, axes, chart border, etc., .
Step 4: Expand the Plot Area so that it covers the entire Chart Area, and format the data series to 0% gap width.
Step 5: Apply your colors to each point in the series.
Step 6: Resize the chart to fit on a cell.
Finally now that you have created some ChartObjects you can manipulate them. ChartObjects can be Exported as image files, or copy/paste-special as images, bmp, or enhanced metafiles, etc.

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