Provide sections within the Power BI Slicer Dropdown option

[HassanAshas]

Hi, I want to know if it is possible to provide sections within the Power BI Slicer Dropdown. 

Just for example, let's say I have a column with multiple Text values. Let's consider the following table containing 1000 unique names, 

I have a Drop down slicer in my Report which currently looks like this, 

I want to provide sections within my slicer, that is I want a Sub-heading of every Character before the values of that character starts.

So, it would be like, 

A

Aarav

Aaron

B

Brian

Brixton

C

Creed

and etc.

These sub-headings will not be clickable (or clickable, it doesn't matter)

Is it possible to do so in Power BI Slicers? 

If you would like to download the Sample Power BI File, then you may do so from here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1knfvdSsPvteAqaid8qkLTUVqw0zbVeO-/view?usp=sharing

[Ritaf1983 · Accepted solution]

Hi @HassanAshas 

The same thing can be found in several variations.
Here are the steps you need to take:
1. Add column which calculates thi first charachter of the names

2. Just choose the slicer that seems to you most usable:
a. Regular slicer with hyierarchy :

b. you can download hierarchial slicer from  market place:

c. Just use 2 slicers with interaction :
1 for Charachter and secind for name:

Sample file is here 

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[HassanAshas]

This was quite helpful! Thank you so much! 

[Ritaf1983]

I was glad to help 🙂