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Tooltips for AppSource Flow map

I'm working with the flow map visual that I downloaded from AppSource, to display the journeys between different countries. I have added three tooltip measures as well - PAX Count, Spend, and Avg Fare. I want the tooltips to look like this, for example:

Madrid 
PAX Count6
Spend18,000
Avg Fare3,000

 

However, it instead comes out as:

 

MADRID   
New York City36,0002,000
Nashville110,00010,000
London22,0001,000

 

How do I fix this to look like the upper example?

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BeaBF
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@RichardLinderma  Hi! The issue you’re facing with the Flow Map visual in Power BI is likely due to how the tooltip context is being generated. Since the Flow Map inherently deals with connections between locations, it is displaying the breakdown per destination rather than aggregating the total values per origin.

 

Solution: Using a Custom Tooltip Page
Instead of relying on the default tooltip behavior, you can create a custom tooltip page that displays the aggregated data for the selected origin. Here’s how to do it:

1. Create a Tooltip Page
1. Go to Report View in Power BI.
2. Click on New Page, then rename it to something like TooltipPage.
3. In the Format Pane (for the page), set:
- Page Size → Tooltip.
- Allow Tooltip → On.
- Keep the page hidden so it doesn’t show in navigation.

2. Add a Table or Card Visualization
On the tooltip page:
- Insert a Table visual (or a series of Cards).
- Add the Origin Country field.
- Create and add aggregated measures for PAX Count, Spend, and Avg Fare.

For example, define the following measures in DAX:

Total PAX Count = SUM('Table'[PAX Count])
Total Spend = SUM('Table'[Spend])
Avg Fare = DIVIDE([Total Spend], [Total PAX Count], 0)


Then, arrange them in the visual so that they appear in the format you want.

3. Assign the Tooltip Page to the Flow Map
1. Select the Flow Map visual.
2. Go to the Format Pane → Expand the Tooltip section.
3. Set Type to Report Page.
4. Select TooltipPage from the dropdown.

 

BBF

Hi BeaBF, thanks for your response. Unfortunately, the Flow Map I'm using doesn't seem to have an area in the formatting where I can set the tooltip. Are there any other ways?

@RichardLinderma Which is the visual you are using?

 

BBF

The Flow map, published by Weiwei Cui with the source AppSource.

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