I am using the evaluation Nevron Chart with SSRS 2008 with some very simple test data. My data has two columns. Group (nvarchar) and premium (int). There are 3 groups, and 3 numerical values are shown under premium. I have put this data into a chart (premium as the value, group as the category). I want to make this a pie chart (showing division of premium across groups) and have the groups shown using data labels that are connected by a line to the slices in the pie.

I have opened the Values Grouping Editor, clicked on the Data Labels tab and clicked the "visible" box. This makes the data labels appear in design view. 2 probles though:

1) They are not there in the preview view
2) In design view they only say D0, D1 etc... and I want them to say the group names.


I have just started using the evaluation copy, can anyone help please? Would be very grateful.

Hello David,
When you set the data labels to visible from the Values Grouping Editor, by default the Format field should be <label>.
You should be able to set the Label from the Values Grouping Editor – General tab.

You can’t change the data labels in design mode since the data is not yet aggregated.
You can also take a look at the following help documentation topic: Chart > Data Groupings > Data Point Formatting Commands

Best Regards,
Nevron Support Team

Brilliant, thanks.

Is it now possible to change the font size/colour etc of the text in the data labels? On the data labels tab in the Values Grouping Edotor I have tried clicking "Text Style..." and changing the values in the text tab of the Text Style Editor but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

In order to change the data label style (from Text Style), you will also have to change the default Appearance options.
From Chart > Chart Areas > Appearance, uncheck Automatic and Outline Data Labels.

By using custom code, you can apply palettes, change individual label style etc.

Best Regards,
Nevron Support Team

That's done the trick. Thank you very much for your quick and helpful replies.