How to set Default value in a power bi slicer ?

[Light_bringer]

Lets say there is a slicer in the report which shows list of month. If open the report freshly i should see the current month by defalut.
Like in the picture

[lbendlin]

- create a string representation of your date column, replace the latest date with a string "Latest"
- sort that new column by the original date column
- add a slicer or visual/page/report level filter
- set the filter to "Latest"
- publish the pbix to the workspace/app