Adding a Slicer

Get slices inside a View based on the selected dimension.

Steps to Add Slicer in the New UI

Check out the walk-through given below on how to add a slicer.

Adding a Slicer in the New UI

• Navigate to the Design canvas.

• Select the dimension and one measure to the Dimensions/ Measures column using the clicks at the top bar.

• Click the GO option.

• A View is displayed based on the selected combination of the Dimension and Measure.

• Select the sliceBy option by the next click.

• Select another Dimension by using the next click.

• Click the GO option.

• The View is displayed based on the selected slicer dimension value.

View displaying the Slices based on the selected Dimension

• Open the Chart Properties window.

• Navigate to the General Settings.

• Provide the Order, Order By, and Limit fields.

• Select the Horizontal option for the Legend Orientation.

• The View gets modified based on the selected slicer and order option.

Modified View based on the selected Sliced By and Order By options with Legend

Steps to Add Slicer in the Old UI

The users can add a further dimension to the created view using the Slicer option.

Check out the illustration on how to use Slicer in the Old UI of the Design Canvas.

Adding Slicer for a View in the old UI

• Navigate to the Design canvas.

• Use the Switch UI icon to access the old UI.

• Drag and drop one dimension and one measure to the Dimensions/ Measures column using the Design canvas.

  • The View gets displayed based on the selected dimension and measure. Here, Mixed chart has been selected to plot the selected dragged dimensions and measures as it supports a slicer.

• Drag and drop another dimension to the Slicer section (E.g., City is used as a slicer over here).

• The slices are displayed in the created View based on the dimension value selected as slicer for the View.

• Open the Chart Properties window.

• Navigate to the General Settings option.

• Order the displayed data by sorting it with a specific limit and order. You can also select a Style to display the data differently.

• The View displays sliced data in the set order and limit.

Modified View with Slicer in the cluster Style

Customized Slice Color Support

We have introduced the ability to customize slice colors in our Stories. This functionality empowers users to assign specific colors to individual slices, providing greater control over the visual representation of data.

Check out the given illustration to understand the customized slice color functionality in the Story module.

Customizing colors

• Open a View in the Design canvas with slicer.

• Click on the ellipsis icon provided for the slicer Dimension.

• The dimension window opens displaying all the Field Colors.

Opening the Default field colors for the slicer

• Click on the default color.

• A menu opens to choose a new color for the field.

• Select a new color.

Choosing another color for a slicer field

• The provided color(s) will be applied to a field value.

View displayed with the changed Slicer field color

Please Note:

• The Slicer supports the selection of only one dimension and one measure in the Dimensions/Measures space. Another dimension should be added to the Slicer space.

• Click the Chart Properties icon to open the Chart Properties window.

• The Manual Sort order option does not get supported by the Slicer functionality.