Excel Range Slicers/Version 7.0

This article refers to XLCubed version 7.0. For other versions, see Excel Range Slicers/Versions.

In the scenario where a Slicer needs to be used to allow the selection of an item from a range of cells, then have the corresponding selection passed to another report as a parameter, Excel range driven slicers can be useful.

The screenshot below shows a selection list containing two continents and some of their children, each with a corresponding region code. When the user selects a region, its corresponding region code should be displayed.

This can be done through an XLCubed slicer. Create a slicer as follows:

1. Select the XLCubed > Slicer > Excel ribbon item.
   
2. Set the Slicer range to . This range of cells contains three columns: the region code, the caption, and the depth to be used for each item. The depth only applies to the treeview-style slicer; select it here.
   
3. In the Properties section, check Update range with selection, select First Column and enter the cell location where you want the country code to be displayed. In our example it is B11.
   
4. The Slicer is created using the selections that we have chosen:
   
5. When the user clicks on a slicer option, in this case France, its corresponding country code is displayed in cell B11.