Keep pie chart from shrinking due to long labels outside of chart

Question

I was wondering is there a way to keep my pie chart from shrinking when I have labels outside of the chart that are long?  Is there an option to wrap the labels, or dynamically shrink the font size of the labels, or both, so that my pie chart doesn't
have to be shrunk?
Please provide details on how this is done if you know how.  Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi jiwalkersm,
According to your description, you want to avoid your pie chart shrinking when the label outside is too long. Right?
In Reporting Service, if we want to always keep the pie chart size, we can set Docks into Default in Legend Properties, and let the legend not to show outside of chart. This will keep the position and size of the chart, but the legend will stay above the
chart which is not good for view. So we try to use expression to set font size in Legend Properties. However, we don’t have any function which can make the label wrapped. So we can only set font size based on the length of the label (For example: =IIF(Len(Field!Name.Value)>10,”5pt”,”8pt”)).
If this workaround still can’t be effective, we suggest you delete the legend, and create a tablix next to the chart, put the data into it.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou