Customizing Tooltips in Power BI Line Charts

[bchappidi]

Hi All,

I'm reaching out to inquire if it's feasible to configure the tooltip in Power BI desktop to display specific line information when hovering over it in a line chart. Currently, by default, tooltips in Power BI display information for all data points across all lines that intersect at the hovered position.

If you see the example below, I hovered over the "Technology" line; however, the tooltip shows information for all other categories as well, which I don't want. I want to show specific line information only when hovering over it. In the sample example, I want to see only the "Technology" line info in the tooltip.

I'd appreciate it if anyone knows of any workarounds for this. Thank you for your assistance!

Kind regards,

Bharath Ch

[v-yohua-msft]

Hi, @bchappidi 

In Power BI Desktop, add a new page to your report by clicking the "+" icon at the bottom. This page will serve as your custom tooltip. You can resize this page to be smaller by selecting "Page Size" under the "Page View" section and choosing "Tooltip" from the dropdown menu.

On the tooltip page, create visuals that display the information you want to show when hovering over a specific line. You can use filters or visual level filters to ensure that only data relevant to the "Technology" line (or any specific line you're interested in) is displayed. You can check the following link:

Customizing tooltips in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

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[bchappidi]

Thank you  v-yohua-msft for your reply. I tried that approach but still tooltip info not showing as expected.

[amitchandak]

@bchappidi , Power BI as of now selects all the values on that point on the y-axis. So it will not show individual value.

I checked out the tooltip page. But as all the values are in the tooltip context, no help

[bchappidi]

Thank you amitchandak. Appriciate your reply.