[Solved]: Excel Pie Chart Not Grouping Data (with Easy Fix)

Written by Wasim Akram

Last updated: Dec 20, 2023

A pie chart is a graph that visualizes data in a circular diagram. It is mainly used to represent sales and financial calculations. In Microsoft Excel we often use it but sometimes we face problems with grouping data. In this article, I am going to share with you solved Excel pie chart not grouping data.

Excel Pie Chart Not Grouping Data: with Easy Fix

In the following article, I have shared 3 simple steps to solve Excel pie charts not grouping data. Stay tuned to learn more.

Suppose we have a dataset of a company’s global sales percentage in different countries.

You will find some sales percentages are repeated in the data table.

Let’s select the dataset and insert a pie chart from the “Recommended Charts” option.

In the “Insert Chart” window choose “Pie Chart” and click OK to continue.

Here we have our pie chart but as you can see the duplicates are not grouped in the chart. Now we will solve this problem with some easy and simple steps.

Step 1: Add a New Column to the Existing Dataset

Firstly, we will start by entering a new column just by the side of the data table.
Then we will fill them with “1” to get the duplicates counted.

Step 2: Create a Pivot Table from Dataset

In this second step choosing the whole dataset, we will create a pivot table from the “Insert” option.

A new window will pop up named “PivotTable from table or range”.
From the new window choose “Existing worksheet” and select a location from the worksheet where you want to make your pivot table.
Press OK to continue.

From the right pane check mark all three options in the “Pivot Table Fields”.

Here we have successfully created our pivot table by grouping all the data.

Step 3: Group Data in Pie Chart Using Recommended Charts Option

In this final step, we will choose data from the pivot table and go to “Recommended Charts” from the “Insert” option which will solve the Excel pie chart not grouping data.

From the new window of “Insert Chart” click “Pie” and press OK.

As you can see we have now created our pie chart grouping all the data in Excel.

Things to Remember

You can group data by directly inserting a pivot table in the worksheet if you want. Here in the first step, I have added a new column to make a better understanding of the duplicates.

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Conclusion

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2 Comments

Brenda Aug 8, 2023 at 4:59 AM

That is silly that Excel has to make you do a pivot table in order to consolidate data for a chart. Makes no sense.
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  Wasim Akram Aug 9, 2023 at 11:31 AM
  
  Dear Brenda,
  Thank you for your comment.
  In order to create a pie chart you don’t need to create a pivot table. But if your data have duplicate values then you must create a table to group those data and then create a pie chart. Otherwise the duplicate value will not group together. Because there’s no direct command or pivot pie chart in Excel to group data.
  There’s Pivot chart feature by which you can group data from pivot table fields and that is a column chart not pie chart. That’s why you need to create a table first and then create the pie chart.
  We’ll really appreciate your response If you have any alternative solution and share with us.
  
  Thanks & Regards
  Wasim Akram
  Team Exceldemy