Adding Custom Tooltips or Popups for Comments/Links in Table Cells in SAP Analytics Cloud Story

[Eladtayarr]

Hey everyone!

I want to allow users to enter information (like a comment, explanation, or external link) that will not be visible in the main table, but instead will only appear:

• When the user actively clicks a specific button

• Or, when clicking on a specific cell or icon within the cell

This would ideally open a popup or floating window that displays the hidden content — like a comment or hyperlink — without cluttering the table itself.

My question:

Is there a way in SAP Analytics Cloud to implement such a mechanism?
Either through scripting, pop-up logic on onSelect events, or a custom widget?
I'd love to hear how others may have handled similar needs for clean tables with context hidden behind user interaction.

Thanks in advance for any tips, examples, or directions!

Best regards,
Elad Tayar

[William_Yu1 · Accepted solution]

I feel that the current default behavior of data point comment is quite close to what you are asking for. Data point comment will be displayed as popup when user click the green corner cell of a data cell. Why it's not sufficient for your use case?

[Eladtayarr · Accepted solution]

Thank you very much for your response, I really appreciate it!

I actually tried to implement the data point comment functionality on my tables, but in some cases,
I noticed that it’s not possible to add comments to specific cells — even though I enabled the option to allow cell comments in the table builder settings.
That’s why I was wondering if there are any alternative approaches that might work more consistently.

Could you perhaps explain why in some tables the data point comment feature isn’t available or functional?
Is it related to the table structure, planning model configuration, or perhaps data access settings?
Additionally, I’m looking for a way to make comments or links user-specific — meaning that only the user who added the comment can see it (for personal notes).
Is there any option to restrict the visibility of comments to a specific user only?

Thanks again for your help!

Best regards,
Elad Tayar

[William_Yu1 · Accepted solution]

I would assume it might be related to blending table or unsupported live data source( only BW live or BPC live is supported as live data source). Please refer to below link for a bit more details.

Comment is a collaboration feature in SAC, so user is supposed to see comment entered by others.  If this is the requirement, likely data point comment won't be the solution. 

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_ANALYTICS_CLOUD/00f68c2e08b941f081002fd3691d86a7/b6cd7dfffb9c4ac7bfe67...

[Eladtayarr · Accepted solution]

Thank you so much for your help!