How-To: Power BI Sentence Tooltips with Deneb
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Sentence templates for tooltips were introduced to Power BI in June 2026. These allow you to add free text to the standard tooltip, using brace-enclosed tokens to denote where field values should be inserted, e.g.:
Total {Product} sales = {$ Sales}
Because Deneb delegates tooltip display back to Power BI, sentence templates work with Deneb visuals as well, but some setup is required to ensure the fields you want to reference are available. This post walks through the mechanics, the main gotcha, and some tricks for surfacing information from your specification in your sentences.