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Jack Wells on 09 Mar 2018 00:32:20

New report page tooltip preview feature in the March update is great.

Would be nice if we had the option of adding this tooltip to visuals that previously didn't have a tooltip.

For example, I have a card visual. I'd like users to get one of these mini report pages pop-up when they hover over it but as this visual doesn't have a tooltip it can't be used.

Would be great if we can do this on other things like shapes and text boxes as well.

Administrator on 08 Mar 2019 01:25:51

Since the initial release, we added support for table, matrix, and cards. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-july-2018-feature-summary/#tableTooltips https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-september-2018-feature-summary/#tooltips I'll leave this idea open for now since there are some requests for shapes, textboxes, and buttons, but it would be helpful if people can comment on their use cases for report page tooltips on these non-visual report elements.

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6f0ae76e 3e87-44c2-b14d-06e2548c3c75 on 05 Jul 2020 23:28:53

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

I agree the tooltip function needs to be expanded to all tables, shapes, buttons. This would greatly improve the ability to save space and the user can still see the details.

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7d71b17f 5d50-4f74-b1d1-7fcd9708eb40 on 05 Jul 2020 23:26:40

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

We need this on buttons too. I could then use the info icon, and display a custom text box / page on hover.

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8808b339 0d53-4096-9cec-97227da47604 on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:52

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

We need this on table and matrix visuals.

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5623eee5 530a-4f1f-930e-df858e703aac on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:50

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

I concur about the value of tooltips and the newer Report Page tooltip across more visualizations, including the table and matrix. Got my vote.

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d3fb0791 4dbc-494f-a832-fcd514096712 on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:51

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

Real shame that the tooltip functionality isn't available on table and matrix, as these are definitely two major areas that would benefit from this addition.

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22b8b4bf 84ef-4d3a-8360-a66fc73b6fe9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:41

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

Completely agree. It's a great feature and I was extremely excited about it due to its applications on many of my table/matrix visualisations. Great to have for charts, but even better if we can have this for more visuals.

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81ce4dee 9a3a-4f38-98cd-2bc49c0c5fa2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:33

RE: Report page tooltip on all objects

Especially the matrix visual