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5 years ago

Two slicers for one column

Hi guys,   I am quite new to PowerBI. I would like to have two slicers with products of different categories, which filter one column of a connected table with all product information of both categ...
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AliceW
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5 years ago

Hi Pechher,

May I ask why would you need TWO slicers based on the sames column?

If you want the user to be able to select only one Category, you can make the visual into a one-selection.

As for limiting the slicer to only some options, you can do that by creating a page or report level filter with that column, hide it, and within just select the options you want to be seen. The slicer will only display those.

Hope this helps,

Alice

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    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    Hi AliceW,

    the user just has a tremendous advantage to have two slicers, in order to compare product counterparts of different categories in one visual. Referring to the screenshot, the selection could be Slicer 1: Product A & Slicer 2: Product F:

    Applying a page level filter on dublicated slicers with "Product" from "Aggregated Table" does not allow a selection in both slicers, because of the connections.

     

    An OR condition could be a solution for the two slicers, right?

     

    Hope this explaines my problem better.

    • AliceW's avatar
      AliceW
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      5 years ago

      In the example you've shown, you can easily select two products with the help of one multi-selection visual...

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        Anonymous
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        5 years ago

        Hi AliceW,

        thanks for your support.

         

        This is an easy possibility and it works.

        However, it would be the objective to have two seperated slicers. One seperate slicer only for products of category A and one for products of category B, both slicing a singe column. Is this possible?