Formatting Tooltips in Visuals

When you hover your cursor over any graphical element in a visual, a tooltip appears with information about that specific element. For example, when you hover your cursor over dates in a line chart, a tooltip appears with information about those dates.
By default, the tooltips are based on the data fields that are included in the visual. You can hide the tooltips or customize the information that is displayed in the tooltips.
To format tooltips in a visual:
  1. Click Dashboards tab, the Dashboards tab.
  2. Click Dashboard Designer, in the bottom-left corner.
  3. On the Analyses dialog, click Options button, the Options button, next to an analysis and select Edit.
  4. On the analysis page, select a visual.
  5. Click Format visual icon, the Format visual icon, in the top-right corner of the visual.
  6. In the Properties panel on the right, select the Interactions tab.
  7. Turn the Tooltip switch on or off to display or hide tooltips.
  8. To format the tooltips:
    1. Expand the Tooltip section.
    2. Under Type, select Detailed tooltip.
    3. To hide or show the title of the tooltip, click Hide primary value as title icon, the Hide primary value as title icon, or Show primary value as title icon, the Show primary value as title icon, next to Primary value as title.
    4. To hide or show aggregations for the fields in the tooltip, click Hide aggregations icon, the Hide aggregations icon, or Show aggregations icon, the Show aggregations icon, next to Aggregations.
    5. To add a field to the tooltip, click Add field.
      In the Add field to tooltip panel, select the field that you want to add to the tooltip, specify a label for the field, set the aggregation method for measure fields, and click Save.

      You can add up to 10 fields to a tooltip.

    6. To edit a field, click Open menu icon, the Open menu icon, next to a field and select Edit.
      Change the settings available in the Edit tooltip field panel and click Save.
    7. To change the order of the fields in the tooltip, click Open menu icon, the Open menu icon, next to a field and select Move up or Move down.
    8. To hide a field from the tooltip, click Open menu icon, the Open menu icon, next to a field and select Hide.
    9. To remove a field from the tooltip, click Open menu icon, the Open menu icon, next to a field that you added and select Delete.
Parent topic: Formatting Visuals