In this module you will learn how to use the Aster Plot Power BI Custom Visual.  The Aster Plot is a twist on the standard Pie or Donut Chart.  What sets the Aster Plot apart from these visuals is that it has the ability to use a second measure to drive the sweep angle.

Module 13 – Aster Plot

Downloads

• Power BI Custom Visual – Aster Plot
• Dataset – Category Sales.xlsx
• Completed Example – Module 13 – Aster Plot.pbix

Key Takeaways

• The Aster Plot allows a category that drives the chart and up to 2 measures.
  • The first measure controls the depth of each section
  • The second measure controls the width of each section

This shows an Aster Plot with multiple categories and two measures controlling the depth and width of each category.

• Under the Format paintbrush there are several options for customizing the appearance of the Aster Plot.
• Turning on the Legend section adds a legend above the Aster Plot by default
  • The legend can be moved by changing the Position property
  • The title of the legend can be toggled on/off by changing the Title property
  • The name of the legend can be modified by adding text to the Legend Name property
  • The legend text size and text color can also be adjusted from this section

• By turning on the Detail Labels property you will see data values appear next to each of the slices of the Aster Plot.
  • You can then adjust things like the color, text size and number formatting

• Turning on the Outer line property adds a black border line that extends out to make a full circle around the Aster Plot.

This Aster Plot has the Outer line property turned on with a thickness of 5

• In addition to these properties you have a set of settings that appears on every visual to adjust the background color, add a border around the visual and lock the aspect ratio.

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