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Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

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Danny Davis on 22 Jun 2016 00:44:39

I often find myself having to explain to end-users over and over again what each chart means and the data in it. Ideally the end-user should be able to hover over the chart title in a report/live report on a dashboard to see a description of the data and chart.

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Dan on 06 Jul 2020 00:11:38

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

SOLVED: I think the Visual Header Tooltip / Icon now allows you to do this. Add commentary, even an entire tool tip report page upon hover over the title bar.

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Ben Harrison on 05 Jul 2020 23:14:08

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

It shouldn't be specific to charts. It should also be enable on static items like text boxes and shapes. It would be good to hover over a chart title and have a full description of that report and what it does.

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Swapnil Ghurde on 05 Jul 2020 23:04:31

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

Create a tile visual and add the description of the chart in Title area. make the size of the tile small and place it over the Chart. When you hover your moouse over it, it will show the test in title.

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Alex _ on 05 Jul 2020 23:01:31

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

Come on Power BI! This feature is already available in Power Pivot since 2013: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Video-Add-descriptions-to-tables-and-columns-in-Power-Pivot-67733153-7ebd-4ae8-9e89-0efb351afd8a

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Debbie on 05 Jul 2020 22:58:18

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

This is a useful workaround, but a proper pop-up help feature would be invaluable

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/pop-up-message/m-p/154269

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:43:37

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

Please provide some way to build in help popups - even an icon that opens a box, ideally one that could have text, a link and an image.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:42:11

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

We need a popup box that we can example the chart for sure. My clients are asking me all the time.

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Wale David on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:36

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

The pop-up box will be a very awesome idea

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Luis Simoes on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:21

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

This could also be a full sized hover panel inside the control and triggered by and info option on the frame menu like the export, maximize, sort etc...

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PeterMilligan on 05 Jul 2020 22:32:48

RE: Add pop-up box for better chart descriptions

Really useful feature - perhaps better as an info icon within the visualisation, as roll-over features can get annoying for experienced users