Chart typeHalf doughnut availableDoughnut chart
A pie with room in the middle for a key figure.
A ring of slices with an open centre, where you can place a total, a title or an icon. Lighter than a pie and well suited to small sizes.
Plugin options
Options for this chart
- 1
Hole size
The width of the ring, from a thin band to almost a full pie.
- 2
Half circle
A half doughnut, often used as a gauge.
- 3
Start angle and outline
Rotation of the ring and white lines between segments.
- 4
Series and value labels
The series to show and its percentages inside or outside the ring.
Also available for every chart
- Colours and styles
- DataInk object styles, one colour in tints or a swatch group of your document; your own paragraph styles for axis labels, values and legend.
- Legend
- Below or beside the chart, or as an InDesign table you style like any other.
- Numbers
- Number format of 14 locales, decimals, prefix and suffix (€, %, kg), compact numbers (12K).
- Size
- Width and height in your document's unit, or fit a frame you drew beforehand.
- Data
- Panel grid, large data editor, paste, Excel and CSV import, or a linked InDesign table.
- Presets
- Save the look, reuse it, and share it with your team as a file.
Editorial guide
When to use it
Typical use
Shares of a total in dashboards, infographics and small spaces, with a figure in the centre.
Better avoided
Precise comparisons between similar shares: bars do it better.
Layout tips
- Put the total or the key share in the centre with your own text frame.
- A thinner ring reads as more modern; a thicker one keeps labels readable.
- Keep to a handful of segments.
Data structure
Sample data
Categories in the first column and their amounts in the second.
Paste a table like this one, import it from Excel or CSV, or click in an InDesign table with the same layout.
| Source | Visits (%) |
|---|---|
| Search | 38 |
| Direct | 24 |
| Social | 18 |
| 12 | |
| Referral | 8 |
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