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Custom Tooltips in Microstrategy developer and Web

Custom Tooltips in Microstrategy developer and Web

The following table describes the macros you can use to customize graph tooltips in both MicroStrategy Developer and MicroStrategy Web:

Macro

Information Displayed

{&TOOLTIP}

All relevant labels and values associated with a graph item.

{&GROUPLABEL}

Name of the graph item's category. This value is often the graph item's attribute element information, as attributes are commonly used as the categories of graph reports.

{&SERIESLABEL}

Name of the graph item’s series. This value is often the graph item's metric name information, as metrics are commonly used as the series of graph reports.

{&VALUE}

The value of a given data point.

{&XVALUE}

The X-value of a data point. Only applicable to Bubble charts and Scatter plots.

{&YVALUE}

The Y-value of a data point. Only applicable to Bubble charts and Scatter plots.

{&ZVALUE}

The Z-value of a data point. Only applicable to Bubble charts and Scatter plots.

{&XLABEL}

The label of the X-axis. Only applicable to Bubble charts and Scatter plots.

{&YLABEL}

The label of the Y-axis. Only applicable to Bubble charts and Scatter plots.

{&ZLABEL}

The label of the Z-axis. Only applicable to Bubble charts and Scatter plots.

Steps are below to apply tooltips in both MicroStrategy Developer and MicroStrategy Web.

To apply a tooltip to a graph in MicroStrategy Developer

1Open a report in Graph View.
2On the Graph menu, choose Preferences. The Preferences dialog box opens.
3Expand the Series category.
4To apply the same tooltip to every item in the graph, select the Labels and Values category. Otherwise, to define tooltips for a single series, select the name of the series.
5Ensure that the Show Tooltip (Web Only) check box is selected. If this box is cleared, no tooltips will be visible in the graph.
6Type the text of the desired macro or your own static text.
7Click Apply to apply changes.
8Click OK to return to the graph.
9On the File menu, select Save to save the new tooltip.

To apply a tooltip to a graph in MicroStrategy Web

1Open a report and display it in either Graph View or Grid and Graph View.
2From the Format menu, select Graph. The Format:Graph dialog box opens.
3Select Format.
4From the first drop-down list, select Series Values. The formatting options for series values appear.
5Ensure that the Tooltips check box is selected. If this box is cleared, no tooltips will be visible in the graph.
6Type the text of the desired macro or your own static text.
7Click Apply to apply changes.
8Click OK to return to the graph.

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