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6 years ago
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Cannot add a text column to the tooltips field

Hi folks, I am working with a simple standard pie chart. I am trying to add a column to the "Tooltips" field but it just won't work. To the left, is how it works on all other models. But this speci...
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    4 years ago

    newyorker Old thread, but do your models use calculation groups?  If so, that's the cause of your issue. Calculation groups force "implicit measures" to be turned off throughout the entire model. Tooltips with column values (as opposed to measures) are Implicit Measures. 

     

    You could just create a measure for what you need to do in your tooltip, using a function like FIRST()

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6 years ago

Hi  newyorker ,

 

What kind of data source are you using?Which connection mode do you use?

 

 
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6 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

Our data models are all on Azure, I am connected live to this Power BI dataset. This condition is the same across all reports, where tooltips work and don't work.

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    4 years ago

    newyorker Old thread, but do your models use calculation groups?  If so, that's the cause of your issue. Calculation groups force "implicit measures" to be turned off throughout the entire model. Tooltips with column values (as opposed to measures) are Implicit Measures. 

     

    You could just create a measure for what you need to do in your tooltip, using a function like FIRST()