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This video is in German. An English transcript is available below.

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Configure tooltips in IBM Planning Analytics (TM1)

#cube view #Tooltips

💡 Configure tooltips instead of using the default display

Use Configure tooltip to control which information appears when you hover over members in cube views.

🎯 What you will learn in this short

In this video, I show you how to configure tooltips in IBM Planning Analytics.
You will learn how to replace the default display of dimension, hierarchy and member names and use attributes such as aliases in the tooltip.

Configure tooltip

You can see how to customize tooltips directly in the cube view via the context menu.

Use Attributes as Tooltips

You learn how to use existing attributes like aliases for display.

Replace the default display

You understand how the default information is replaced by individual content.

✍️ Practical example

Scenario:

The tooltip displays unhelpful information

Mouseover displays dimension name, hierarchy name and technical element name by default. This information is not always technically helpful.

Result:

The tooltip shows the desired information

Instead of the technical details, only the desired alias is displayed in the mouseover. This makes the display easier for business users to understand.

What was covered: Right-clicked the cube view + selected Configure tooltip + selected and applied an attribute (alias)

In IBM Planning Analytics kannst du jetzt deine Tooltips individuell konfigurieren. Tooltips sind die kleinen Infos, die erscheinen, wenn du mit der Maus über ein Element fährst. Diese und noch zwei weitere Neuerungen aus Version 2.1.19 habe ich in einem kurzen Onepager zusammengefasst. Der Link dazu ist in der Videobeschreibung. So änderst du deine Tooltips: Öffne deinen Cube und fahre über einen Elementnamen. Standardmäßig siehst du die Dimension, die Hierarchie und das Element selbst.

Genau diese Anzeige kannst du jetzt anpassen. Mach dazu einen Rechtsklick auf den Zeilen- oder Spaltenbereich und wähle „Quickinfo konfigurieren“. Jetzt bekommst du alle Attribute der Dimension zur Auswahl. Ich nehme hier zum Beispiel den deutschen Alias und klicke auf OK. Wenn ich jetzt wieder mit der Maus über das Element gehe, siehst du statt des technischen Namens direkt den verständlichen Alias. Gerade bei komplexen Modellen mit vielen Attributen oder Mappings kann dieses neue Feature die Arbeit vereinfachen.

You can now configure your tooltips in IBM Planning Analytics. Tooltips are the small information panels that appear when you hover over a member. I have summarised this and two other enhancements from version 2.1.19 in a short one-page guide; the link is in the video description. To change a tooltip, open your cube and hover over a member name. By default, you see the dimension, hierarchy and member.

You can now configure this display. Right-click the row or column area and select Configure tooltip. You can then choose from all attributes of the dimension. In this example, I select the German alias and click OK. When I hover over the member again, the descriptive alias appears instead of the technical name. This feature can make work easier, particularly in complex models with many attributes or mappings.

Florian Kaiser

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