Glossary term
What is Slicer?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Slicer" means: A panel of buttons that filters PivotTables. Selected buttons show what is included. It is taught in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced and Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use. Related terms include PivotTable, Spill, Helper column and Data validation. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Slicer?
A panel of buttons that filters PivotTables. Selected buttons show what is included. (From Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Slicer mean in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced?
A panel of buttons that filters PivotTables. Selected buttons show what is included.
What does Slicer mean in Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use?
A filter that sits on the page, shows the current choice, and narrows the visuals on that page.
Where is Slicer taught?
Slicer is defined in Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced and Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use.
Microsoft Excel: Beginner to AdvancedPower BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use
Which lessons cover Slicer?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced, lesson 4.3: Slicers: filter your PivotTables with buttons
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced, lesson 6.2: Build the sales dashboard
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 5.2: Slicers and How Visuals Filter Each Other
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use, lesson 6.2: Test Your Numbers Before You Share
Which terms are related to Slicer?
Next to Slicer in the course glossaries: PivotTable, Spill, Helper column, Data validation, Criteria, Control total, Exact and approximate match, KPI, Drillthrough and Time intelligence.
PivotTableSpillHelper columnData validationCriteriaControl totalExact and approximate matchKPIDrillthroughTime intelligence
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Slicer?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Microsoft Excel: Beginner to Advanced: No earlier spreadsheet experience is needed.
- Power BI: Build Dashboards People Actually Use: You have access to a Windows computer; no coding or database experience is needed.