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Slicer vs Filters-Section
Hi folks,
what is actually the difference between slicer and the filters (Filters section on the right side)? When should I use slicer and when a filter? So far I have always used slicers, but they start to take too much space on the canvas..
Hey,
If you have an active Connection between 2 Visuals (select Slicer --> Format-->Edit Interactions)
and filter i.e. a table, you can see that the slicer puts an "Visual Level Filter" to that target visual.
So a Filter is a Filter with different scopes,
A Slicer: Visualisation of a Filter.
Its mainly used to provide an easier and more convenient way to the end user to filter the visuals.
I use them to provide the end user an intuitive way to filter the "Main" Categories, i.e. Customer Types or similar.
Greetings
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Hey,
If you have an active Connection between 2 Visuals (select Slicer --> Format-->Edit Interactions)
and filter i.e. a table, you can see that the slicer puts an "Visual Level Filter" to that target visual.
So a Filter is a Filter with different scopes,
A Slicer: Visualisation of a Filter.
Its mainly used to provide an easier and more convenient way to the end user to filter the visuals.
I use them to provide the end user an intuitive way to filter the "Main" Categories, i.e. Customer Types or similar.
Greetings
A great article from DataVeld considering slicers in light of Power BI's new Filter Pane experience:
https://dataveld.com/2019/01/18/are-power-bi-slicers-still-relevant-with-the-new-filter-pane/
