KB42134: How to create an attribute form that displays an attribute and a tooltip when hovering over the attribute element in MicroStrategy Web 9.4.x-10.x?

To create an attribute form that displays an attribute and a tooltip when hovering over the attribute element in Strategy Web 9.4.x-10.x, the attribute must have an attribute form with syntax similar to the one shown below where Attribute_DESC_A is the attribute form that will be displayed in a grid and Attribute_DESC_B is the attribute form that is displayed in the tooltip. 

ApplySimple("'<span title=""#1"">'+#0+'</span>'",,)

• In Strategy Developer, edit the Region attribute so that the DESC form is of Format type HTML Tag and the Expression is as follows:

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  ApplySimple("'<span title=""Tooltip Comments for attribute"">'+#0+'</span>'",)

  
  
  Note that this example is displaying static text as the tooltip rather than text from an attribute column. 
  
• Make sure DESC is an attribute display form.
  
• Click OK, Save, and Close through the menus to save the attribute.
  
• Update the schema.
  
• In Strategy Web, create a report with the Region attribute.
  
• Run the report and hover the mouse over the attribute and notice that the tooltip displays the desired text, as shown below.
  

Note: If the tooltip is only displaying the first word of the attribute form, check the single and double quotations to match the syntax described above.  The below syntax will only display the first word "Tooltip" on the tooltip rather than the whole phrase.

ApplySimple("'<span title=Tooltip comments will not display now>' +#0+'</span>'", )