Dynamic Formatting - Tooltips for specific instances

[RichardLinderma]

I'm currently working on a report in Power BI, and there is a button on the report. I want to perform formatting on this button so that., when the column hierarchy[source] equals either "company1" or "company2", the tooltip reads "Follow this link", and otherwise the tooltip doesn't appear. Does anyone know how to do this?

[Ritaf1983]

Hi @RichardLinderma 

Unfortunately, you'll need to consider a different approach for two main reasons:

1. Tooltips in Power BI aren't clickable – you can't actually navigate anywhere by clicking a tooltip.

2. Conditional tooltips don't exist – while you can dynamically change the content of a tooltip using a measure, you can't control whether it appears or not based on a condition.

So instead of relying on a tooltip to guide the user to a link, you might want to consider an alternative:

• If this is in a table or matrix, consider displaying the link itself as a value when hierarchy[source] is "company1" or "company2".

• If it's in a visual or card, you could place a nearby text box or card that dynamically shows "Follow this link" only when the condition is met.

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[RichardLinderma]

Hi Rita, could I learn more about the second alternative you suggested?

[Ritaf1983 · Accepted solution]

Hi @RichardLinderma 
Something like this :

This is based on your requirement that content should appear only when the relevant category is selected.
My UX-informed recommendation is to always display guiding content, and in empty states, show a message like:
'No additional information available for category X.'
This provides the user with a clear sense of where they are and avoids confusion like
'Maybe I didn’t click correctly"
The pbix with the example is attached.

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