How to add helptext for rows in table?

Hi, for cells there is a direct way using this.helpText= .... I want to design the table so that for each row a customized helptext can be displayed during the mouseover of the rows. I don't want to write script for each cell, because I have a huge table. Thanks a lot.

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kclark

I know you can get the design handle of a grid and call each cell through that but I don't think you'd be able to do the same thing with a table. This is because you don't know how many cells are in the table until after it's created. I think the only way to do this would be to write an if/then with this.helpText in each cell of your table.

Jason Turner

Hi there, 
what is the syntax for the if then statement using the this.helpText. This is what I have in my rptdesign:
 
this.helpText = this.getRowData().getColumnValue("ItemName");
 
So my thought was to say if this.getRowData().getColumnValue("ItemName") == 'Total Patients' then "The Total Patients is calculated...."
 
It seems to not work when I write this in birt. Ideas?
 
Thanks,
Jason Turner

pricher

Hi,
 
I understand that your code snippet might be pseudo-code, but the actual Javascript in the onCreate method of the ItemName data item should look like this:
<pre class="_prettyXprint _lang-">
if (this.getRowData().getColumnValue("ItemName") == 'Total Patients') {
this.helpText = "The Total Patients is calculated...."
}
</pre>
Hope this helps,
 
P.

Jason Turner

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="pricher" data-cid="146634" data-time="1485265761">
<div>
Hi,
 
I understand that your code snippet might be pseudo-code, but the actual Javascript in the onCreate method of the ItemName data item should look like this:
<pre class="_prettyXprint _lang-">
if (this.getRowData().getColumnValue("ItemName") == 'Total Patients') {
this.helpText = "The Total Patients is calculated...."
}
</pre>
Hope this helps,
 
P.
</div>
</blockquote>
Thanks for the info. Worked like a charm.