Excel pivot table slicer tutorial. You can then select which fields to add and press ok. First you can click the option tab of the slicer tools ribbon. Select the data and go to the insert tab. Click anywhere inside the pivot table to activate pivot tool options go to analyze excel 2013 2016 click on insert slicer go to the options tab.
Since a report filter occupies a fixed cell its easier to automate it via vba. The the slicer tools ribbon gives you direct access to slicer settings slicer styles tools for arranging slicers and tools for configuring column count button size and slicer dimensions. How to add a slicer to a pivottable select the pivot table to which you want to add a slicer go to the pivottable analyze tab insert slicer. Click anywhere in the table or pivottable.
Slicers on the other hand can be linked to multiple pivot tables as we will see later in this tutorial. Then click on the pivot table. The columns field denotes the columns to be displayed. Slicers allow you to filter your pivot table in a way thats similar to the way filter fields filter a pivot table.
Using one or more slicers is a quick and effective way to filter your data. Although you can create a new slicer style from scratch usually its easier to start with an existing style thats close to what you want. On the other hand a slicer is an object and would need a more complex code. A slicer will be created for every field that you selected.
The filter section has a column that acts as a table slicer. Select your pivot table by clicking anywhere inside it. Excel will then create the slicer object to control the pivot table. In the insert slicers dialog box select the check boxes for the fields you want to display then select ok.
You can click on the buttons of a slicer to select unselect the values in the field. As useful as filter fields are they have always had a. Slicer will have buttons denoting the values of the field that it represents. Just click one of the thumbnail images to apply a slicer style.
C lick on insert slicer to add pivot table slicer if it is an older version of excel select the year and month as the pivot table fields in the insert slicer dialog box. Slicers can be inserted for each of the fields that you want to filter. The difference is that slicers offer a user friendly interface enabling you to better manage the filter state of your pivot table reports. On the home tab go to insert slicer.