Define a bar or pie chart to be work as a slicer

[kadirkkkk2]

Sometimes we need slicers to show more info so do bar and pie charts has both number, colors and size.

There some of them in market but they are lack of formatting options and they are not free. 

It'ld be so helpful to turn a visual from normal state to work like a slicer.

As a slicer i need,

* To filter other slicers

* To not lose selected option even i select or click other visual

[cengizhanarslan · Accepted solution]

You can’t fully turn a bar or pie chart into a real slicer in Power BI.

Charts can filter other visuals and slicers (via Edit interactions), so that part already works.
But charts cannot keep their selection once you click somewhere else, only slicer visuals have persistent selection behavior.

There is no setting to make a chart behave exactly like a slicer.

Best practical workaround:Use a real slicer for selection (can be small or hidden) and keep the bar/pie chart only for display. Both use the same field, so the slicer controls filtering, and the chart shows numbers, colors, and size.

Bookmarks can simulate this, but they don’t scale well and aren’t dynamic.

[v-veshwara-msft]

Hi @kadirkkkk2 ,

Just checking in to see if you query is resolved and if any responses were helpful.
Otherwise, feel free to reach out for further assistance.

Thank you.

[v-veshwara-msft]

Hi @kadirkkkk2 ,

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community.

Just wanted to check if the responses provided were helpful.
If further assistance is needed, please reach out.

As an additional reference, you may also review the similar discussion where the Attribute Slicer custom visual is mentioned as an alternative that reacts to filter context:
Solved: Re: Is It Possible for Visuals to Control Slicer S... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Thank you.

[Olufemi7 · Accepted solution]

Hi @kadirkkkk2, great idea.

While Power BI doesn’t have a one‑click “turn a chart into a slicer” feature, you can get almost the same experience using built‑in capabilities, and keep selections persistent.

Here’s how: 

1) Use chart interactions to filter the page (slicer lists will also narrow)

• Select your chart → Format → Edit interactions → set other visuals to Filter (instead of Highlight).
• This makes your bar/pie behave like a controller for the rest of the page.
  Docs:
• Visual interactions (cross‑filter & cross‑highlight): How visuals cross-filter each other in a Power BI report 
  
  

  Note: Charts can’t directly select slicer items; they filter slicers indirectly by changing the page’s filter context (so slicers show fewer available items, but their “selected value” doesn’t change).
  Docs:

  How visuals cross‑filter each other: How visuals cross-filter each other in a Power BI report 

  2) Make chart selections persistent

  A normal click on a chart is temporary. Use either of these to keep the selection:

  • Right‑click → Keep only on a bar or slice. This converts your selection into a page‑level filter that persists until you clear it.
  • Or use Bookmarks with Data enabled to capture the full state (filters, slicers, cross‑highlights) and assign them to buttons for a clean, app‑like UX.
    Docs:
  • Bookmarks (capture filters, slicers, state): Create report bookmarks in Power BI to share insights and build stories 
    

    3) Want richer “slicer‑like” formatting? Use a free custom visual

    If you need tiles, images, tighter layout, or multi‑select without holding Ctrl, try Chiclet Slicer (free):

    • AppSource: Chiclet Slicer 
    • GitHub (source):Microsoft / PowerBI-Visuals-ChicletSlicer 
    •    Power BI Blog: Power BI Custom Visual – Chiclet Slicer 

[cengizhanarslan · Accepted solution]

You can’t fully turn a bar or pie chart into a real slicer in Power BI.

Charts can filter other visuals and slicers (via Edit interactions), so that part already works.
But charts cannot keep their selection once you click somewhere else, only slicer visuals have persistent selection behavior.

There is no setting to make a chart behave exactly like a slicer.

Best practical workaround:Use a real slicer for selection (can be small or hidden) and keep the bar/pie chart only for display. Both use the same field, so the slicer controls filtering, and the chart shows numbers, colors, and size.

Bookmarks can simulate this, but they don’t scale well and aren’t dynamic.

[Anand24]

Hi @kadirkkkk2,
If you are talking about using a bar chart (or any visual except slicer) as a slicer, then

* To filter other slicers - This visual will automatically filter other visuals including your slicer visuals. Only date slicer will not be driven/filtered as a default property of Power BI.

* To not lose selected option even i select or click other visual - AFAIK, default power bi bevahior is to loose the selections in driving visual when you click on other visual(s). You can press on Ctrl key in your keyboard and then select in other visuals to not loose selection.

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[AntoineW]

The slicer has the functionnality to filter global elements on the reporting. 

If you need to filter on a specific value on a bar chart/pie chart, you can click on the value of this element and it will highlight others visuals if all your relationship on your semantic model is done correctly.