How to show custom text in Scatter Plot tooltips and replace row number in AppSheet?

Hi AppSheet Community,

I have a scatter plot chart in my app. When I hover over a point, I can see the X and Y values (which are numeric), and sometimes a row number.

I want to achieve two things:

  1. Show extra text (like item name or description) in the hover tooltip, even if that text is not used as X or Y values in the scatter plot.

  2. Replace the row number in the tooltip with meaningful text (for example, a product name or a custom label column).

Is there a way to configure the chart or use a Label column or a concatenated column to display this extra info in the hover tooltip?

Any guidance would be appreciated!

I believe what you are looking for is not natively possible in AppSheet currently.

One option is, in the desktop mode, you could use an interactive dashboard that has scatter chart view and a customized detail view of that table. The detail view can have a concatenated information that you wish to display as a tooltip.

The user can then tap or click on the desired point in the chart to display additional tooltip information in the detail view. Not very elegant, but possibly better than just displaying row number etc.

Scatter Chart GIF1

In mobile view , it isa bit more awkward but maybe acceptable option.

Scatter Mobile View GIF

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