I see some of our in-house bi/visualization tool built with PHP has a functionality that enables a user to annotate charts, for example, if there is a uptick or drop from a certain threshold, the user can annotate as they find/comment on it. How do we achieve it in looker?
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I donāt think thereās this feature but you can go around and do this! One article written by Looker staff, Zachary Michel, wrote a very detailed post regarding āDisplaying values from other fields in the tooltipā. Check it out at Displaying values from other fields in the tooltip.
Hope this helps! ļæ½ļæ½
If you want to write a side comment, you can do so in the dashboard.
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What are the technical hurdles (impractical or so) in achieving it in the current or future release? If you could reflect a bit more.
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Can external/client users viewing their dashboard comment to my team internally? @nicholaswongsg
As far as Iām aware, that is not an available feature.
This feature is available in Domo and is quite handy, it will be very powerful for the looker to allow users to add commentary to a particular bar or a chart.
what is a side comment? I havenāt seen people using this yet. is this like side-comments in google docs right-hand margin?
Itād be nice to be able to add a reference line to the x-axis, one that could be labeled and styled.
In my example, Iād like to add dashed lines titled āimpacted by holidayā on an x-axis of a time series chart. It seems like it should work like Edit -> X -> Add Reference Line, then select a dashed line, then add an x-series value, like 5/29/2023, and named like Memorial Day
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