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SOWJANYA_T
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why are slicers called visual?

 
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TomMartens
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Hey @SOWJANYA_T ,

 

when you start creating a report (assuming that the dataset and data modeling are done) you start with an empty canvas.
You drag columns from tables to the canvas, depending on the nature of the column either a column chart (the column is of numeric datatype) or a table visual (non-numeric) is used. Both visual types are "visual representations" of your data, the same is valid for the object type "slicer", it's a visual representation of your data.
Of course there are differences in properties and also in the behavior of these visual representations of your data, but nevertheless, they are visual representations, this is the reason why a slicer is a visual.

 

Hopefully, this helps.

 

Regards,

Tom



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TomMartens
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Hey @SOWJANYA_T ,

 

when you start creating a report (assuming that the dataset and data modeling are done) you start with an empty canvas.
You drag columns from tables to the canvas, depending on the nature of the column either a column chart (the column is of numeric datatype) or a table visual (non-numeric) is used. Both visual types are "visual representations" of your data, the same is valid for the object type "slicer", it's a visual representation of your data.
Of course there are differences in properties and also in the behavior of these visual representations of your data, but nevertheless, they are visual representations, this is the reason why a slicer is a visual.

 

Hopefully, this helps.

 

Regards,

Tom



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