# Polar Chart

Polar Chart in ActiveReports.

## Content



The Polar plot arranges categories along the circumference of a circle and encodes data values into sectors along radial lines. The Polar plot is suitable for comparing data values across categories using a circular shape. The categories can be further split to represent data values as clusters or stacks.

There are different types of Polar charts, which are elaborated below:

## Simple Polar Chart

A Simple Polar chart displays one value for each category. See [Create Simple Polar Chart](/activereportsnet/docs/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/chart-page-rdl/plots/polar-dvchart/create-simple-polar-chart) walkthrough showcases plotting the Sales Amount per Product Category.

![Simple Polar Chart](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/dvchart/polarchartfinal.png)

Simple Polar Chart

## Clustered Polar Chart

A Clustered Polar chart splits the values into subcategories by placing corresponding circular sectors adjacent to each other within the containing category. The [Create Clustered Polar Chart](/activereportsnet/docs/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/chart-page-rdl/plots/polar-dvchart/create-clustered-polar-chart) walkthrough showcases plotting the Sales Amount for each Sales Channel per Product Category.

![Clustered Polar Chart](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/dvchart/clusteredpolarchart.png)

Clustered Polar Chart

## Stacked Polar Chart

A Stacked Polar chart is a good option to split the data values into subcategories by dividing corresponding circular sectors into subsections. The [Create Stacked Polar Chart](/activereportsnet/docs/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/chart-page-rdl/plots/polar-dvchart/create-stacked-polar-chart) walkthrough showcases plotting the Sales Amount for each Product Category per Sales Channel.

![Clustered Polar Chart](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/dvchart/stackedpolarchart.png)

Clustered Polar Chart

## Stacked Percentage Polar Chart

A Stacked Percentage Polar chart combines the stacked polar plot and the Percentage axis scale. This chart type indicates the contribution of each data values' sub-category to a total of the containing category. The [Create Stacked Percentage Polar Chart](/activereportsnet/docs/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/chart-page-rdl/plots/polar-dvchart/create-stacked-percentage-polar-chart) walkthrough showcases plotting the percentage share of the Sales Amount of product categories for each Sales Channel.

![Percentage Stacked Polar Chart](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/dvchart/percentagestackedpolarchart.png)

Percentage Stacked Polar Chart