You can use pie chart to indicate the relative size of quantities of data.

Procedure

  1. In an open result file, select View > Distribution Charts, or select Distribution Charts .
  2. Select the Pie Charts tab in the Report Item Distribution dialog box.
  3. From the Data Source list, select the type of data to display as a pie chart.
  4. Select Refresh to draw the chart.
  5. (Optional) Hide the Options pane by selecting Auto Hide .
  6. The vertical icon shows the pane; the horizontal icon hides the pane. Point to Options to access the hidden pane.
  7. Use the options in the Options pane to change the type of chart from pie to doughnut and adjust the colors, labels, and legends of the display. For more information, see Parameters in the Pie Charts view in the Proteome Discoverer Help. The chart does not display any items that you have filtered out.
  8. –or–
  9. Select Load to load the settings that you most recently saved.
  11. (Optional) To save all the settings that you have chosen, select Save in the Options pane.
  12. The new settings overwrite any previously saved settings. The application loads these new settings when you select Load.
  13. Do any of the tasks listed in the following table.

Task

Procedure

Return the settings to the original default settings

In the Options pane of the Report Item Distribution chart, select Factory Defaults.

Copy a pie chart image

Procedure

  1. Right-click in the image pane, and select Copy > Image.
  2. The application copies the image to the clipboard.
  3. In another application, paste the contents of the clipboard.

Copy the points in a pie chart as text

Procedure

  1. Right-click in the image pane, and select Copy > Data.
  2. The application copies the data to the clipboard.
  3. In another application, paste the contents of the clipboard.
  4. The contents appear as text in the document.

Save a pie chart as an image file

Procedure

  1. Right-click in the image pane, and select Export > Image As.
  2. In the Save As dialog box, locate the folder where you want to save the file, select the file type, and enter the file name.
  3. Select Save.
  4. The application creates a file containing the image.

Save the data from the pie chart in a text file

Procedure

  1. Right-click in the image pane, and select Export > Data As.
  2. In the Save As dialog box, locate the folder where you want to save the file and enter the file name.
  3. Select Save.
  4. The application creates a text file containing the category description and the count of items per category.

Close the Report Item Distribution chart

Procedure

  1. Select Report Item Distribution icon or the “x” in the upper-right corner.
  2. The application stores the chart settings that you selected. When you reopen the chart, it displays these stored settings if they are available.