Showing tooltips on reports
A report shows all-time sales quantity by product names. As this report is used online (HTML format in a browser), the business owners think it will be handy to show Product description as a tooltip on the product names. When the users hover their mouse pointer over a Product name, a tooltip should appear describing the product.
Getting ready
Create a simple list report with Product name, Product description, and Sales Quantity as columns.
How to do it...
We don't want to show the Product description as column, but want to use the data item in further steps. To do this, perform the following steps:
Select the Product description column body. Use the Select Ancestor and go up one level by selecting List Column. In the properties you will find a property Render, use No. This will ensure that the column will not appear/render at runtime as shown in the following screenshot:
On the report page, unlock the report objects by hitting the unlock button.
Insert an HTML Item in...
