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.

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