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18. Tooltips

18.2 Adding Fields to the Tooltip

Steps in Power BI

  1. Select the bar chart "Orders by City".
  2. In Build visual, drag [AOV], [Avg Delivery Time (mins)] and [Cancellation Rate] into the Tooltips well.
  3. Hover over a bar. The tooltip now shows four values.
  4. To change how a tooltip field is summarised, use the drop-down on the field in the Tooltips well (e.g. Average, Count (Distinct)) or, better, use explicit measures.
  5. Rename a field for this visual only: double-click it in the well (e.g. "Avg mins").

Tip

Mhanje asa: tooltips are a great place for secondary KPIs. The chart stays clean, and the detail is one hover away.

Ravindra Bagale's Tip

A common mistake is adding too many fields to the Tooltips well, so the tooltip becomes a wall of numbers. Add two or three measures that answer the next obvious question, for example Orders and Avg Delivery Time on a sales-by-city chart. Try it once more, then move on.