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title: Power BI Custom Visuals - Aster Plot
description: Learn about the Power BI Custom Visual, Aster Plot.
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# [Power BI Custom Visuals - Aster Plot](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-custom-visuals-aster-plot)

 Written by [Devin Knight](https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/author/devin-knight) | Aug 31, 2016

In this module, you will learn how to use the Aster Plot Power BI Custom Visual. The Aster Plot is a twist on the standard Pie or Donut Chart. What sets the Aster Plot apart from these visuals is that it has the ability to use a second measure to drive the sweep angle.

### Module 13 – Aster Plot

### Downloads

- Power BI Custom Visual – [Aster Plot](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Ejn3BZIKy-NHk0DHsQUqT5QBx8WaO5HCyu0Qo7pWOzaWmw?e=aS72ER)
- Dataset – [Category Sales.xlsx](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Eq0It4s5gSBPiyNUk5iYVDMB47q-sv2TnENq8H8aBSVJkA?e=pR604D)
- Completed Example – [Module 13 – Aster Plot.pbix](https://pragmaticworksonline.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/FileShare/Eq0It4s5gSBPiyNUk5iYVDMB47q-sv2TnENq8H8aBSVJkA?e=pR604D)

### Key Takeaways

- The Aster Plot allows a category that drives the chart and up to 2 measures: 
    - The first measure controls the depth of each section
    - The second measure controls the width of each section

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/image16.png>

*This shows an Aster Plot with multiple categories and two measures controlling the depth and width of each category.*

- Under the **Format** paintbrush, there are several options for customizing the appearance of the Aster Plot.
- Turning on the **Legend **section adds a legend above the Aster Plot by default 
    - The legend can be moved by changing the **Position** property
    - The title of the legend can be toggled on/off by changing the **Title **property
    - The name of the legend can be modified by adding text to the **Legend Name** property
    - The legend text size and text color can also be adjusted from this section

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/image17.png>

- By turning on the **Detail Labels** property, you will see data values appear next to each of the slices of the Aster Plot. 
    - You can then adjust things like the color, text size and number formatting

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/image18.png>

- Turning on the **Outer line** property adds a black border line that extends out to make a full circle around the Aster Plot.

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/image19.png>

<https://devinknightsql.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/image20.png>

*This Aster Plot has the Outer line property turned on with a thickness of 5*

- In addition to these properties, you have a set of settings that appears on every visual to adjust the background color, add a border around the visual and lock the aspect ratio.

### Find Out More

You will always be able to find this video module and advanced viewing of future modules on the Pragmatic Works On-Demand Training platform or [view my previous blog posts](https://blog.pragmaticworks.com/topic/power-bi-custom-visuals).

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