Change R visual to Custom visual with Tooltip

[Baskar]

Thanks Advanced !!!

Hi,

I have tried to create R visual in power BI and i successfully complete that visual as well. 

Now the challange is i have change the R visual as Custom visual. because i need tooltip on my visual.

Am totally blank on this, how can i acheive this.

Your help is priceless.

[v-viig]

Hello @Baskar

We'll include our R-script developer to assist with this feature.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

[Baskar]

@v-viig let me know when i will get touch with R-Developer.

[v-viig]

Hello @Baskar

Our developer will investigate the posibility to use tooltips with R.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

[v-viig]

To use tooltips API, the developer will need to:

1. Transition from standard R-script visual to HTML R Custom visual, that may be very easy or very complicated, depending on packages used.
2. Add to every relevant entity in the R HTML widget an “on-hover” behavior invoking tool-tips API (this can and should be done using plotly’s commands in the R script)
3. Connect the specific details to be shown in the tooltip to the call in “b.” – this may be difficult for certain visualizations.

Pros:

1. Same look and feel as other PBI visuals
2. Can display tooltips outside of visual’s iframe boundaries.

Cons:

1. Requires some TS coding
2. Depending on specific implementation, may be difficult to implement.

To use plotly’s built-in tool tips, the developer will still need step “1.” above (static images won’t generate tooltips, he must generate a functioning HTML widget…)

Pros:

1. Only R coding, (aside from transition to R HTML widget)
2. Data automatically available for tooltip.

Cons:

1. Tooltips limited to visual’s plot R area.
2. Look and feel inconsistent with PBI’s

You might also take a look at https://github.com/Microsoft/powerbi-visuals-funnel as an example.

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com

[Anonymous]

I am facing the same problem. Did you find a way to make tool tip work in R visual ?

[v-viig]

Have you tried the solution posted above?

Ignat Vilesov,

Software Engineer

Microsoft Power BI Custom Visuals

pbicvsupport@microsoft.com