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Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Learner22 — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:08:38 GMT

Hi,

I am using the Power BI Desktop RS version. In a report, I have a visualization table with two columns. I want the definition to be displayed when users hover over the columns with the mouse pointer. How can I do this?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 05:56:23 GMT

Hi 123abc ,Thanks for the quick reply, I may have other ideas.

Hi Learner22 ,

Regarding your question, you can start by creating a tooltip page, detailed operations can be found in the following:

Create report tooltip pages in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

The effect is as follows:

Then edit your table visualization object:

Best Regards,
Wenbin Zhou
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Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Learner22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:49:19 GMT

Thank you for the help. Is it possible for the definition to be displayed when hovering over the column header with the mouse pointer rather than the values in the table?

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Learner22 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:52:49 GMT

Thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately, under "Type," the field value ist not available. I have the options report page and standard.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:47:50 GMT

Hi Learner22 ,

Power BI may not be able to implement your needs directly, but it can be done indirectly through other methods,you can add buttons and modify comments for each column header, as described in the following articles:

Solved: How to add a Notes to Matrix visual values if you ... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Jukie — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:43:42 GMT

123abc Your answer is exactly what I need to solve my current issue. However, under Options>Type I don't seem to have the "Field Values" option. I just updated to the latest version and still don't see it. Any thoughts on how to get it to appear? Thanks!

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

virgomoon — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:31:07 GMT

It's not working because 123abc generates his answers with Chatgpt without reviewing them.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Jukie — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:32:16 GMT

Ah! Thanks. That solves a mystery.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 20:33:16 GMT

Hi, I'm attempting to add different tool tips to the same visual depending on the column, but I don't have a Type = Field Value under tool tips, it's Default or Report Page only. Is there another way to accomplish this? I was thinking of adding another table that can be used to create separate Report pages but I can't figure out how to assign a different tool tip at the column level of my table as opposed to the visual as a whole.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

_S_M_ — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 07:09:56 GMT

Hi, thanks for the above solution, but I cannot see "Type" as "Field Value" in my Matrix visualization's tool tip option. Can you please help me what can be the reason? I am using Microsoft July'24 version.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

RadekVaclavik — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 09:48:47 GMT

There is no Type option under field value. Only Default and Report Page. You can not choose specific column for either of these.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

liphyllis — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:22:00 GMT

Hi, thanks for the detailed step by step instruction. However, at point 2, i do not see Field Value when clicking on Types under Tooltips. It shows only 2 options, default and Report page. ☹️ My visual is a table and PBI desktop version is from 2025 Jan (Version: 2.139.1678.0 64-bit (January 2025)). What did i do wrong?

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

virgomoon — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:41:51 GMT

It's not working because @123abc generates his answers with Chatgpt without reviewing them.

Re: Tooltips for specific columns in a table

Natalie_iTalent — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:56:34 GMT

Hello Jukie and virgomoon,

I just wanted to reach out to let you know that the previous response was removed from this post.

Best,

Natalie H.

Community Manager