If I take the standard line chart demo code, and add showDataTips to the line chart, they display normally. Yet, the moment I set filterData to false on one of the LineSeries, it kills data tips for this series. I think this is a bug in the charting components, as the data tips and the filterData attribute do not conflict for column charts.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"> <mx:Script><![CDATA[ import mx.collections.ArrayCollection; [Bindable] public var expenses:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection([ {Month: "Jan", Profit: 2000, Expenses: 1500, Amount: 450}, {Month: "Feb", Profit: 1000, Expenses: 200, Amount: 600}, {Month: "Mar", Profit: 1500, Expenses: 500, Amount: 300} ]); ]]></mx:Script> <mx:LineChart id="myChart" dataProvider="{expenses}" showDataTips="true"> <mx:seriesFilters> <mx:Array/> </mx:seriesFilters> <mx:horizontalAxis> <mx:CategoryAxis dataProvider="{expenses}" categoryField="Month"/> </mx:horizontalAxis> <mx:series> <mx:LineSeries yField="Profit" displayName="Profit" filterData="false"/> <mx:LineSeries yField="Expenses" displayName="Expenses"/> <mx:LineSeries yField="Amount" displayName="Amount"/> </mx:series> </mx:LineChart> </mx:Application>

