22-25 April 2026
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SQLBits 2022

Power BI Tooltips: how, where and when

Tooltips are an elegant way to enrich and provide more contextual information and details to data points in a visual. Join us in this session that will cover the idea behind the tooltip in Power BI, why it is so important and helpful, and how to configure it.
Tooltips are an elegant way to enrich and provide more contextual information and details to data points in a visual. At the beginning of the session, we will show What a tooltip is as a user interface element and why it is so essential for the report design and data exploration. And then, we will look at the how aspect. We will show different scenarios were customizing the tooltip provides additional information and context to users viewing the visual. Custom tooltip allows you to specify extra data points as part of the tooltip. We will show how to create an additional Tooltip report page to serve as on-screen information. Then will configure including visuals, images, and any other collection of items made on the report page.