HOW TO : Select Slicer item when slicer is filtered

[damanpradhan]

Hi Community ! 

So I have some requirements that need me to traverse through various pages in a report. 

I achieved this using the DrillThrough feature, but thats not going to work as the users are used to an earlier system where all they had to do was click on dynamically created buttons.

So the scenario is that I have alerts which belong to various groups. We need to show only those groups which have alerts in them(This is taken care of already and I get the list of the groups) in the "master page". These groups should come as a list of buttons, which the user should be able to click and move to the next page, which would have some details about the alert, like a description etc. Then on clicking that alert in the 2nd page, the user should be taken to a 3rd page where some charts about that alert is displayed. The user should also be able to navigate back through the pages via buttons.

Currently, I am using a Chiclet slicer to show the group information. 

So the buttons are taken care of! 

Now I have a slicer which I will keep hidden in the master page, and which I will use to sync with the other pages. 

The fight now is that when I click on a Chiclet, the normal slicer is getting filtered, but the filtered item is not selected, which means that the sync does not happen across the other pages. 

Question now is, how can we have the filtered item selected on the click of a Chiclet? 

Any help would be appreciated ! 

Thanks in advance !

[v-lili6-msft]

hi, @damanpradhan 

Based on my research, custom visual Chiclet slicer couldn't be applied sync slicers, and you don't do any select on built-in slicer, so it won't be synchronized. you could use built-in slicer instead of Chiclet slicer.

Best Regards,

Lin

[damanpradhan]

Thanks for that info @v-lili6-msft

How would you suggest to repesent each of the groups as a button? 

How would I be able to set a filter on the slicer and have that item which has been selected to be set in a checked state?

[v-lili6-msft]

hi, @damanpradhan 

I suggest you use built-in slicer instead of Chiclet slicer and then set sync slicers for different page.

Best Regards,

Lin

[damanpradhan]

Thanks @v-lili6-msft  . However, my requirements are a little different. If you could kindly go through this chain of posts, you can get a clearer picture of what the requirement i

Any help is much appreciated! 

Thanks in advance !!!