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Create rich, custom tooltips in Amazon Quick Sight

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This article announces sheet tooltips in Amazon QuickSight, enabling dashboard authors to create custom, multi-visual tooltip layouts that display rich contextual information on hover.

  • Design custom tooltips using free-form layout sheets with up to 5 visuals
  • Combine charts, KPI metrics, text, and images in single dynamic tooltips
  • Tooltips update in real-time as users hover over different data points
  • Supported on most chart types including tables, pivot tables, and small multiples
  • Reuse tooltip sheets across multiple visuals for consistency
  • Requires QuickSight Enterprise Edition with Author or Author Pro access
  • Limitations: certain visual types unsupported, max 50 tooltip sheets per analysis

Sheet tooltips enhance data storytelling by providing contextual insights without requiring users to navigate away from their current view, improving dashboard interactivity and user experience.



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