Toltip URL redirect to all/

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Hello Quicksight community,

I have a problem regarding URLs in tooltips (I know this was already answered here) however for me this solution did not work. The following problem is occuring:
In my dataset, I have a field called url (this field is only the url itself, without the http:// part, since tooltip URL action needs to start with http://)
However, I want to display this URL now in the tooltip for a scatter plot. When I hover over the specific data point, I can even see the URL, however if I click the data points, its redirecting me to https://all/ which is not valid.
Any ideas how to solve this issue?
Greetings
Patrick

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Hi @patrick_schuster ,

have you tried a calculated field with http:// + URL? You mentioned that tooltips need the http part, maybe the https://all/ is the result of the missing http part?

Best regards
Nico

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Hello @Nico,
thanks for your reply. I have another field in my data asset, that has the full url (with the http:// part). This field can’t be used in the tooltip because the tooltip is saying it has to start with http://
let me show you some screenshots. Like this, the parameter contains the URL WITH the http:// part. therefore, the link would contain http:// twice.

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The outcome is the same: the all/.
If I get rid of the http:// part in the tooltip, I get this error:
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If I adapt the parameter to contain only the link WITHOUT the http:// part, still the outcome is the same. all/

Could you elaborate more on the part with the calculated field? Cause if I put in the tooltip ${calculated_field_with_url}, exactly this variable name will be passed as URL in the browser, not the value behind it.

Hope I could clarify a bit more where the problem is :slight_smile:
Thanks

Patrick

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Hi @patrick_schuster ,

in the URL section you can use a static https string followed by the URL-Field or parameter: “https://<<URL_without_https>>”.

To avoid two https statements you can use a calculated field where you replace it:
replace(${URL}, “https://”, “”)

I could not replicate your all/ error. Do the prior steps help you?

Best regards,
Nico

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Hi @patrick_schuster,
It’s been awhile since we last heard from you, did you have any additional questions regarding your initial topic?

If we do not hear back within the next 3 business days, I’ll go ahead and close this topic.

Thank you!

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Hi @patrick_schuster,
Since we haven’t heard back, I’ll go ahead and close out this topic. However, if you have any additional questions, feel free to create a new topic in the community and link this discussion for any relevant information that may be needed.

Thank you!