Making the Coolest 3D Pie Chart Ever in JDeveloper

Everybody loves a cool 3D pie chart, and nowhere is it easier to create one for your web application than in JDeveloper. Just follow these simple steps:

Creating the Pie Chart

First, drag a pie chart from the Component Palette onto your page.

A “Create Pie Graph” dialog appears, allowing you to choose different types of pie charts and a quick start layout.

You’ll instantly get a nice preview of what the pie chart will look like, even without adding any data yet.

Second, drag a Data Control over and drop it onto the pie chart. Another dialog appears, allowing you to quickly select the data values you want to display for the pie and the slices of your graph.

That’s it, you’re done! Wasn’t that easy? Here’s what it looks like in a web browser with the data:

Now to make the pie chart exciting, so you can impress all your co-workers when they see how cool and dazzling you can make a simple boring graph. All these changes can be done in one place, the Property Inspector. First change 3D Effect to “true”. Now add the title “Most Common Features Used in Pie Charts”.

As an extra bonus, when a user mouses over one of the legend labels, like “3D”, the rest of the pie becomes transparent so you can just focus on that data.

Now that you know how to make a pie chart, be sure to read my previous blog entry, “Countdown of Top 10 Reasons to Never Ever Use a Pie Chart“.