Tooltip windows

It seems like you're outlining some potential improvements to Power BI's user interface and functionality related to tooltips and page navigation. Here’s a breakdown of your suggestions and a clearer way to express them as feedback for the Power BI team or for implementation:

1. Allow Multiple Tooltips in One Page

Currently, in Power BI, when you create tooltips for visuals, the platform requires you to create a separate page set to "Tooltip" layout. This means you can only place a single visual on each tooltip page. The issue arises when users need to create multiple tooltips, leading to the creation of many separate pages. This not only makes it difficult for users to locate their tooltip pages but also increases the overall file size, making the report less efficient and harder to manage.

Suggested Solution:

• Allow Multiple Tooltips on a Single Page: Power BI should allow users to add multiple visuals to a single page designed for tooltips. This would give users more flexibility to manage all of their tooltips on one page and improve the organization of the report.
• Centralized Tooltip Management: Introduce a "Tooltip" visual type, which would allow users to designate multiple visuals as tooltips within the same page. This would simplify the process and reduce the need to manage multiple tooltip pages.

Simplify Navigator Button Settings

The current approach for managing navigation between pages involves using a "Navigator" button, which can become cumbersome if there are too many pages, especially when many pages are just tooltips. Users may also have difficulty managing the navigation when tooltips are scattered across many pages.

Suggested Solution:

• Add an Option to Customize Navigation: Instead of having a fixed "Navigator" button, allow users to configure the page navigation in a more user-friendly way. A new option in the settings could let users select multiple pages (including tooltip pages) to be included in the navigator at once. Users could check and uncheck checkboxes for the pages they want to appear in the navigation, streamlining the process and making it easier to manage large reports.

Performance Considerations

You mentioned that the current situation is leading to a "heavy" file size, which suggests that the tooltips, being spread across multiple pages, are adding unnecessary complexity to the report. Consolidating the tooltips and streamlining the navigation could result in a more efficient Power BI report, leading to faster load times and a better overall user experience.

Potential Benefits:

• Improved Usability: Users would be able to manage their tooltip visuals in a more organized manner, reducing the complexity of navigating between multiple tooltip pages.
• Better File Performance: By reducing the number of pages dedicated to tooltips, the Power BI file size would decrease, leading to a more efficient report that is faster to load and navigate.
• Streamlined Navigation: The new navigation settings would help users more effectively organize their reports and switch between pages without confusion, especially in reports with many tooltips.

In Summary:

• Multiple Tooltips per Page: Allow users to place multiple visuals on a tooltip page and manage all tooltips in one location.
• Improved Navigation Management: Add an option in the Power BI settings to customize the page navigator more efficiently by selecting multiple pages for navigation with checkboxes.

These changes would help users better manage tooltips, improve report performance, and enhance the overall user experience in Power BI.