# Build a radial chart

> Compare measures around a circle as a radar, radial bar, stellar, radial lollipop or sunburst chart.

Analyze · 3 min read · Updated 2026-10-28

A radial chart lays your categories around a circle, so you can compare several measures or series at a glance. It's one chart type with five styles: Radar, Radial bar, Stellar, Radial lollipop and Sunburst. Open the chart type selector and pick a style from the Radial group. A radial chart that hasn't picked a style draws as Radar.

## Fill the shelves

| Shelf | What it holds |
| --- | --- |
| Axes | The dimension whose members become the spokes around the circle. |
| Values | One or more measures that set how far each spoke reaches. |
| Series | Optional. A dimension that draws one shape per member. |
| Trellis | Optional. Splits the chart into small multiples. |
| Tooltip | Optional. Extra fields to show on hover. |

1. Open the chart type selector and pick a style under Radial.
2. Drag a dimension to Axes.
3. Drag one or more measures to Values.
4. Drag a dimension to Series to compare members side by side.

## Switch styles

You can change style any time. Open the format pane, find Radial options, and pick one from Style. Your shelves stay as they are.

## Format a radial chart

The toggles under Style depend on the style you picked:

| Style | Options |
| --- | --- |
| Radar | Fill area, Normalize axes, Show gridlines |
| Stellar | Fill area, Normalize axes, Show gridlines |
| Radial lollipop | Normalize axes, Show gridlines |
| Radial bar | None |
| Sunburst | None |

When you have more than one measure on Values and nothing on Series, Measure colors lets you pick a color for each measure.

> **Tip:** Normalize axes helps when your measures have very different scales, so one big measure doesn't flatten the rest.

## Build one from the chat

Ask the Analyst pane, or the Storyteller pane on a dashboard, for a radial, radar or spider chart. It puts the dimension on Axes and the measures on Values.

### Related

- [Build a chart](https://goldenanalytics.com/docs/chart-builder)
- [Format a chart](https://goldenanalytics.com/docs/format-a-chart)
- [Chart types](https://goldenanalytics.com/docs/chart-types)
- [Trellis small multiples](https://goldenanalytics.com/docs/trellis-small-multiples)

Source: https://goldenanalytics.com/docs/radial-charts