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Tooltips are an elegant way of providing contextual information and detail to data points on a visual. The following image shows a tooltip applied to a chart in Power BI Desktop. You can customize tooltips in Power BI Desktop and in the Power BI service.
- What means tooltip?
- How do you use tooltip in Power BI?
- What tooltip can do?
- What is the benefit of using a report tooltip?
What means tooltip?
/ˈtuːl.tɪp/ a message with information that appears when you hold a cursor over a piece of text or an icon on a website or in a software program.
How do you use tooltip in Power BI?
To set a tooltip manually, select the visual for which you want to specify the manual tooltip, then in the Visualizations pane, select the Format section and expand the Tooltips card. Then, in the Page dropdown, select the tooltip page you want to use for the selected visual.
What tooltip can do?
Tooltips can be attached to any active element (icons, text links, buttons, etc.) on a page. They provide descriptions or explanations for their paired element. Thus, tooltips are highly contextual and specific and don't explain the bigger picture or entire task flow.
What is the benefit of using a report tooltip?
What is the benefit of using a report tooltip? To give users the ability to export data from the visual. To provide additional detail that is specific to the context of the data that is being hovered over. To give users additional information about a report visual, such as the author and date/time it was created.
