Customize Tooltips for Each Series in a Stacked Column Chart

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Customizing tooltips for each series in stacked column charts allows you to deliver series-specific information directly to users, making your data visualizations more intuitive. By tailoring tooltips for each series, you can create a seamless experience that highlights key data insights effortlessly.

This article provides step-by-step instructions to customize tooltips for stacked column charts in Bold Reports.

Steps to Customize Tooltips for a Stacked Column Chart

Step 1: Access the Chart Series Properties

Click on the chart report item in your report designer. Open the Properties panel by clicking the Settings icon.
Under Basic settings in the Choose series section, use the dropdown to select the series you want to customize (e.g., Value_A2).
Click the pencil icon next with the selected series.

Step 2: Configure the Tooltip

In the Series Properties Panel, navigate to the Tooltip property under the Miscellaneous category.
Click the small expression box next to the Tooltip property and choose Expression.
In the Expression dialog, enter the following Expression and click OK

="Day: " & Fields!Day.Value & " Value A: " & Fields!Value_A.Value

This expression displays the day and corresponding value for the selected series.

Step 3: Customize Legend Text (Optional)

For the same series, locate the Legend Text property.
Set a custom legend text or leave it blank by entering an expression such as:

This ensures the legend text for the selected series is blank or can be customized as needed.

Step 4: Repeat for Each Series

Repeat the above steps for each series in the chart to ensure all tooltips are customized according to their respective data fields.

Preview

Preview the report to verify that tooltips display correctly for each series when hovering over the chart.

Conclusion

By following these steps, you can customize tooltips to display relevant, series-specific data, enhancing clarity and user interaction in your stacked column charts.

Download the sample report here.