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Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

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Yossi Kanzen on 27 Jul 2018 18:18:41

It will be great if we can specify different tooltip per column in a metrix table. I would like to show for each column a customised tooltip. The Auto tooltip selection doesn't always pick the tooltip I would like to show. Same idea will also be good for a graph chart where each chart column could have different tooltip.

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5823af3a e920-43be-a2fb-6aca53abb29d on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:59

RE: Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

Our use case is to use the measure as the tooltip and a much more simple heading for the user to read more quickly. We have many similar measure being used in slightly different ways. Upper management have a deeper interest in what the measure is exactly, but lower level users just need the simple version.

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c2bbd599 f92d-4810-bd85-bff40dcf934c on 06 Jul 2020 00:15:07

RE: Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

I would love to have this...was kinda surprised it was not available.

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02606f6b 20c2-4358-a02e-70be119bad4e on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:58

RE: Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

Use Matrix to replicate Table could solve your problem. Table for some reason doesn't support auto detect measures for custom tooltip.

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dbd9b92d 8010-4a1d-af1e-1610685e655c on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:04

RE: Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

I'd like to show a Drilldown of the matrix in the tooltip into another dimension. Every Matrix column is based on another measures. In the tooltip I need to decide for one measure, what I'm looking for would be the flexibility to add a kind of wildcard is is filled with the respective measure while hovering over the respective matrix columns.

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17eaad00 af04-4b90-87d8-6697aa013625 on 05 Jul 2020 23:53:19

RE: Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

For example: you might want to have a brief symbol in the grid/table to save space but have the tooltip show the full explanatory text from another column (as you can do in SSRS).

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:23

RE: Custom tooltips per column in metrix tables & graphs

This is important to have available. We need to be able to show a tooltip only for certain column/measure. Why don't you start using the properties field of column/measure for this purpose?