Skip to main content

Power BI

Needs Votes

Epic idea: New list slicer

Vote (685) Share
Miguel Myers's profile image

Miguel Myers on 08 Oct 2024 05:00:00

To address the limitations of our current slicers, which are less advanced and potentially confusing compared to our competitors, a new and enhanced list and dropdown slicer should be designed with a wider range of customization options, incorporating industry best practices, and include innovative features like the ability to copy and paste lists.

Comments (9)
Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

on 18 Oct 2024 21:51:16

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Text attributes can be 'searched' within report slicers. However, integers cannot. For example, if someone wants to quickly find and slice by a Customer Id, it is very cumbersome right now - lots of scrolling. A simple search by Customer Id (as an integer) within the slicer would make it much faster and a better user experience

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

Kieran Leigh on 10 Oct 2024 14:58:18

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

I have a page which users have requested the ability to take a sample of rows for audit checks. This is based on a numeric field. The first problem is I couldn't get a search field working without it being a text field. This means an ugly custom column that uses padding with invisible special characters so the list visually sorts in numeric order. The numbers to filter are generated elsewhere. Having a search box that worked with numerics and is paste aware would both make my users happy in not doing a bunch of fiddly work, and also make my model happy it doesn't have a pointless column in it.

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

Oli A on 12 Dec 2023 11:58:37

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Requested in 2018 and still not there. This should have been there on day 1!

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

Carlos Flores on 11 May 2023 13:49:29

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Need ASAP Thanks

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

Anthony Harrison on 22 Jan 2023 04:31:31

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Yes! Exact same issue, need to search by ID numbers. Workarounds work but...should be able to search integers

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

John on 05 Jul 2020 23:58:12

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Very much needed

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:48:02

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Much needed indeed!

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

mm on 05 Jul 2020 23:37:57

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

'@Anonymous: True, and that is what we did. We just shouldn't have to do that.

Miguel Myers's profile image Profile Picture

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:35:07

RE: Epic idea: New list slicer

Agree. As a workaround, you can duplicate the column, change type to text and use that in the slicer.

Merged Idea (1)