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description: Compare how individual values contribute to a total in a Tableau Next pie chart. Use pie charts when you want to analyze a small number of values that together make up an aggregate. For example, visualize website visits by traffic source to understand how each source contributes to total website traffic.
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# Compare Contributions to a Total with Pie Charts

Compare how individual values contribute to a total in a Tableau Next pie chart. Use pie charts when you want to analyze a small number of values that together make up an aggregate. For example, visualize website visits by traffic source to understand how each source contributes to total website traffic.

### Required Editions

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1. From the Show Me pane in your visualization, click the ![Pie chart chart thumbnail in the Show Me pane](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/tua/images/tua_piechart_thumbnail.png) thumbnail. The layout changes to Pie chart, and the pane shows the required fields and supported field encodings for the chart type.
2. From the Data pane in your visualization, drag the dimension field you want to analyze and the measure field you want to visualize onto **Slices**. For the chart in the example, select **Traffic Source** and **Website Visits**.
3. Optionally, drag **Traffic Source** onto **Color** to make each source easier to distinguish.
4. You can further customize the visualization with labels, or tooltips to make the chart easier to interpret.
5. Save your visualization.

![A pie chart showing how each traffic source contributes to total visits.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/tua/images/tua_pie_chart.png)