Button to choose whether to use free date slicer or pre-defined slicers with quarters

[sona_b]

Hi! I was wondering if it would be possible to somehow create a button or another option that would determine which slicer the user would like to use. I have a request that we would need to filter the data by date ranges and the user should have possibility to select predefined date periods (company quarters) OR to overwrite the quarters and use any date ranges they need. How would you tackle it please? Thanks!!

[Ritaf1983]

Hi @sona_b 
If I understood you correctly, yes you can add buttons for changing the date slicer type.
Take a look at the attached pbix which has an example of changing between date range slicer to "relative date".

The tutorial for creating the buttons that switch between visuals  is here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZtUzABOa8

more information about related dates slicer is here :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/visuals/desktop-slicer-filter-date-range

and I saw just now in another context the tutorial of @miTutorials 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi86HHEaY_M

I think it is better than my method 

If this post helps, then please consider Accepting it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

[miTutorials · Accepted solution]

Hopefully this tutorial should help solve your requirement!

Create slicer with Custom Time Periods in PowerBI | Time Intelligence | MiTutorials - YouTube

Regards

Ismail

[sona_b]

wow this is awesome!!! 🙂 Thank you very much, I hope I'll adjust it to my specific scenario.

[Ritaf1983]

Hi @miTutorials 
I saw this tutorial just now and wow, just a great workaround for date slicer "caprices" 🙂