- Tooltip configuration allows you to display additional
information from the source dataset that is not directly plotted on the
chart.
- This enhances data visibility by providing contextual
insights when users hover over chart elements.
Overview
- Tooltip
displays:
- Plotted
columns (already used in the chart)
- Additional
configured columns (added via Tooltip configuration)
- The
values shown are always contextual to the hovered data point
(category/segment).
How Tooltip Works
- Suppose
chart is plotted with configurations of -Region, Category and Profit
(sum).
- This
chart is configured with the Tooltip Configuration available under Tooltip
formatter: Category with ‘First’ aggregation, SubCategory with ‘First’
aggregation, Quantity with ‘Sum’ aggregation.
After configuration:
- When
a user hovers over a chart:
- Tooltip
shows values for:
- Chart
plotted columns
- Tooltip-configured
columns, as highlighted in below Figure.
- As
can be seen from below figure, the chart tooltip now shows additional
information on same configuration of chart. Chart shows data for the
hovered column plotted for: Region as Europe and Category as ‘Groceries’.
- The tooltip
configured data is shown as: First Category is Groceries, First
SubCategory is Mobile and Sum of Quantity is 42 for the Region as Europe
and Category as ‘Groceries’.
- Thus,
the data is for tooltip configured columns is aggregated based on the
plotted category/categories, ensuring relevant information is
displayed.
Supported Aggregations
For Categorical Columns:
- Count
- Count
Distinct
- First
(Default aggregation)
- Last
- Percentage
(supported across Count and Count Distinct aggregations)
For Measure Columns:
- Sum (Default
aggregation)
- Average
- Count
- Count
Distinct
- Maximum
- Minimum
- Percentage
(supported across aggregations)
Configuring Tooltip
- Navigate
to Tooltip Formatter >> Expand >> Tooltip Configuration
option is displayed.
- Drag
and drop columns from the dataset into the Tooltip section
- Hover
on added columns in Tooltip Configuration to see the gear icon.
- Click
gear icon and Configure aggregation as required.
Key Capabilities
- Add
new columns to tooltip
- Remove
existing columns
- Update
aggregation or column selection
- Reorder
columns (sequence defines display order)
The display sequence in the tooltip follows the same order
as configured.
Behavior
- Tooltip
includes:
- Chart-configured
fields
- Tooltip-configured
fields
- This
is a chart-specific configuration (applies only to the selected
chart)
- The
tooltip data is run-time data for the tooltip configured columns as per
the chart configuration.
The
tooltip configuration is supported for all valid configurations of the
charts.
Non-Supported Charts
Tooltip configuration is available for all chart types
that support tooltips, except:
- Filter
Widget
- Parameter
Widget
- Text
- Image
- HTML
- Shape
- Python
- Histogram
Chart
- Table
- Cross
Table
- Sparkline
Charts
- Card
Notes
- Tooltip
formatting is uniform across all configured tooltip columns
- Individual
column-level formatting is currently not supported