Want to add some extra visual flair to your Power BI reports? Try using visual tooltips! By hovering over a data point, you can add a tooltip that displays additional information or even a different visual. It's a great way to add more context and make your data more engaging. Here's how to set it up

1. Power BI Tips
and Timesavers
Visual Tooltips
In Power BI

2. Visual Tooltips
Power BI by default gives you basic
tooltips, which present you with the
values included in your visual
But with a bit of set up you can
improve them dramatically and really
bring the reports to life

3. Set up a Tooltip page
Add a new tab, by clicking the plus and
name it ‘Graphical Tooltip’
Set the page size, generally smaller is
better, this example uses a larger
tooltip for demo purposes
Add visuals to your new page

4. Activate the new tool tip
On the new ‘Graphical Tooltip’ page
Go to the visualizations pane
Under page information, set the Tooltip
slider to ON

5. Select the Tooltip for each visual
Select the first visual
Go to the visualizations pane
Under Tooltip
Make sure it is set to on
Type – Report Page
Page – ‘Graphical Tooltip’
(the new tooltip page name we created)
Repeat this step for each visual you want
the tooltip to work for

6. Enjoy
Now when the user
hovers over any of the
visuals
The new tooltip pops
up showing more detail

7. Visual tooltips in Power BI bring a rich user experience, giving your users
the ability to explore what is behind the data
It brings a real WOW factor and is a very efficient way to present further
details
Hope you find this useful

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