Guide to Using Slicers

What is a Slicer? This shape

represents a
slicer. Slicers are
A slicer contains buttons for all the items in a supported in
specific field for a PivotTable or PivotChart. Excel 2010 or
Clicking on one of the buttons will filter the report later.
for the selected item.
If the shape was
modified in an
These are slicers. This shape
earlier version of
represents a slicer.
Excel, or if the
The pivot table to the right contains two slicers; Slicers are supported
workbook was
one for the Category field and one for the in Excel 2010 or
saved in Excel
Subcategory field of the pivot table. later.
2003 or earlier,
the slicer cannot
If the shape was
be used.
modified in an
earlier version of
Go to Step 1 Excel, or if the
This shape represents a slicer. Slicers are supported in workbook was saved
Excel 2010 or later. in Excel 2003 or
earlier, the slicer
If the shape was modified in an earlier version of cannot be used.
Excel, orthe
Checkout if the workbook
video was free
tutorial and saveddownload
in Excel at:
2003 or
earlier, the slicer cannot be used.
http://www.excelcampus.com/pivot-tables/how-to-use-slicers/ 
Sum - Revenue Quarter
Category Subcategory Q1 Q2 Total Result
Drinks Coffee 3,886 8,850 12,736
Tea 5,303 3,522 8,825
Water 1,566 3,705 5,271
Drinks Result 10,755 16,077 26,832
Fruit Apples 5,072 1,742 6,814
Bananas 2,733 9,826 12,559
Berries 8,667 9,364 18,031
Pears 1,485 1,643 3,128
Fruit Result 17,957 22,575 40,532
Vegetables Carrots 2,300 2,475 4,775
Green Beans 1,951 4,971 6,922
Spinach 2,822 4,957 7,779
Broccolli 8,718 4,687 13,405
Vegetables Result 15,791 17,090 32,881
Total Result 44,503 55,742 100,245
 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 1,884
Drinks Tea Q1 6,785
Drinks Water Q1 2,634
Vegetables Carrots Q1 1,298
Vegetables Broccolli Q1 2,297
Vegetables Spinach Q1 8,223
Vegetables Green Beans Q1 6,598
Fruit Apples Q1 3,807
Fruit Bananas Q1 9,969
Fruit Pears Q1 8,773
Fruit Berries Q1 2,660
Drinks Coffee Q2 4,011
Drinks Tea Q2 7,602
Drinks Water Q2 4,885
Vegetables Carrots Q2 1,486
Vegetables Broccolli Q2 9,041
Vegetables Spinach Q2 1,571
Vegetables Green Beans Q2 9,037
Fruit Apples Q2 5,201
Fruit Bananas Q2 7,489
Fruit Pears Q2 6,910
Fruit Berries Q2 6,630