# XY Chart Tooltip

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-tooltip/78947>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [September 10, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-tooltip/78947 "2023-09-10T10:49:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/xy-chart-tooltip/78947/2 "2023-09-10T13:09:32Z")

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I presume you are referring to this thread:

> [@Perspective XY Chart xAxes tooltip text {dateX}](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-xy-chart-xaxes-tooltip-text-datex/53580):
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> Can anyone see why the date is not appearing in the Tooltip? Reference: [X-Value in XY Chart Bullet Tooltip - #5 by PGriffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/x-value-in-xy-chart-bullet-tooltip/29998/5)

I'm guessing that you have the x-axis configured as "category" rather than date or a value. That means you need to use,  
`{name}: [bold]{valueY} {categoryX}[/] cases`

The chart component is based on AM Charts and you can find details on options here:  
[https://www.amcharts.com/docs/v4/concepts/formatters/formatting-strings/](https://www.amcharts.com/docs/v4/concepts/formatters/formatting-strings/)

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