SSRS BIDS 2008 R2 pie chart data labels overlapping

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As seen in image, the data labels are overlapping and making the data difficult to read. Anybody know how to sort this?

  • Have now updated the question as I have changed the PieLabelStyle to Outside and in the picture you can see in the design view above it acknowledges this however when I preview the chart it remains on the inside! (See image 3 link below)

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I would advice you not to use pie charts at all. 3d pie charts are even worse, use barcharts instead. - jrara
+1 to @jrara for giving some good data visualization advice. More developers need to be aware of info design principals. - Jamie F
+1 SQL_Surfer. My pie charts always look terrible. It looks like Jamie has a solution below. - brian

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Technet has a nice piece on this:

The secret is in the Properties pane under the Custom Attributes section: Series Custom Attributes Screenshot

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A good solution is to sort the pie chart between small and big pieces. I posted a script that helps with this issue: http://williameduardo.com/development/ssrs/pie-chart-series-label-overlapping-in-ssrs/