Consider Formatted Tooltips

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Rationale

The VIZYUL™ Consider Formatted Tooltips best practice rule fires when a dashboard has no formatted tooltips.

Insight

Consider this, formatted tooltips can play a very important role of designing a compelling, engagement and informative dashboard.  Here are just a few ways formatted tooltips can be used to improve your dashboards.

  • Conditional formatted messages/indicators i.e. green text for above threshold and red for below threshold
  • Enrich dashboards by including relevant and contextual data in formatted tooltips
  • Notes on the data used on the worksheet
  • Stating sources of data
  • A means of inviting viewers to interact with the dashboard
  • A great way to grab the attention of the viewer

Consider the following comparison.  Which one is more likely to grab your attention?

Formatted Tooltips

Action

  • Consider using formatted tooltips to grab the attention of users or to invite interaction.
  • Consider the additional resources below

Additional Resources

  • Video – Conditionally Formatting Tooltips – http://kb.tableau.com/articles/knowledgebase/format-tooltips
  • https://www.dataz.io/display/Public/2014/04/28/Tableau+Pro+Tip%3A+Adding+Icons+to+Tables+and+Tooltips
  • http://www.theinformationlab.co.uk/2014/05/08/tooltips-tableau-dashboards-user-experience-perspective/