Guide to Using Slicers

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Sum - Revenue Quarter
Category Subcategory Q1 Q2 Total Result
Drinks Coffee 3,886 8,850 12,736
Tea 1,773 6,212 7,985
Water 3,041 5,359 8,400
Drinks Result 8,700 20,421 29,121
Fruit Apples 8,977 7,727 16,704
Bananas 7,007 5,881 12,888
Berries 6,998 6,084 13,082
Pears 2,665 4,840 7,505
Fruit Result 25,647 24,532 50,179
Vegetables Carrots 8,879 5,038 13,917
Green Beans 4,004 7,303 11,307
Spinach 4,509 5,503 10,012
Broccolli 4,334 2,865 7,199
Vegetables Result 21,726 20,709 42,435
Total Result 56,073 65,662 121,735
 Index Step
1 Intro
2 Step 1
3 Step 2
4 Step 3

Guide Start
What is a Slicer?
A slicer contains buttons for all the items in a
specific field for a PivotTable or PivotChart.
Clicking on one of the buttons will filter the report
for the selected item.
These are slicers.

The pivot table to the right contains two slicers;

one for the Category field and one for the
Subcategory field of the pivot table.

Go to Step 1

Step 1: Basic Filtering

Click on "Drinks" in the Category slicer to filter the
PivotTable. This will filter the PivotTable and only
the rows for Drinks will be displayed.

Items related to Drinks will be displayed at the top

of the Subcategory slicer.

Now click on the "Coffee" button in the

Subcategory slicer.

The PivotTable is now filtered and only displays

rows that contain "Coffee" in the Subcategory
field.

Go to Step 2
Step 2: Filtering Subcategories
Now click on "Apples" in the Subcategory slicer.
The pivottable should be blank now and not
displaying any data. What happened???

This happended because the Category slicer is still

filtered for "Drinks". Nothing matches the current
filter criteria since "Apples" are NOT related to
"Drinks" in the data set.

You must click the Clear Filter button in

Category slicer to clear the filter. Now the
PivotTable will be filtered for "Apples". You can
also click "Fruit" in the Category slicer.

Go to Step 3

Step 3: Multiple Filters

Multiple filters can be selected in one slicer. Hold
down the Ctrl key on the keyboard and left-click
"Carrots" with the mouse.

"Apples" and "Carrots" should now be selected in

the Subcategory slicer.

You can also use the Shift key to select a range of

items in the slicer.

This should give you a basic understanding of how

to use slicers. Please see the video at
ExcelCampus.com for more details.
Sum - Index
10
Category Subcategory Quarter Revenue
Drinks Coffee Q1 3,886
Drinks Tea Q1 1,773
Drinks Water Q1 3,041
Vegetables Carrots Q1 8,879
Vegetables Broccolli Q1 4,334
Vegetables Spinach Q1 4,509
Vegetables Green Beans Q1 4,004
Fruit Apples Q1 8,977
Fruit Bananas Q1 7,007
Fruit Pears Q1 2,665
Fruit Berries Q1 6,998
Drinks Coffee Q2 8,850
Drinks Tea Q2 6,212
Drinks Water Q2 5,359
Vegetables Carrots Q2 5,038
Vegetables Broccolli Q2 2,865
Vegetables Spinach Q2 5,503
Vegetables Green Beans Q2 7,303
Fruit Apples Q2 7,727
Fruit Bananas Q2 5,881
Fruit Pears Q2 4,840
Fruit Berries Q2 6,084