Excel Slicers are easy to use visual controls added to Excel that allows to quickly and easily filter data in an interactive way by selecting values from a list.

You’ll find it under the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group. Once you open it, just hit Add Watch and select the cells you want to monitor. The pop-up will show you the sheet name, cell ...

In Excel 2010, there is a subtle way to hook all four pivot tables up to the same set of slicers. Thus, the VP of Sales selects from the slicers and all four pivot tables update at once.

Slicers were first introduced in Excel 2010 and enhanced a lot in Excel 2013. In Excel 2013, if you want to add Slicer to your charts, select the data range and click on insert > Slicer.

This file demonstrates the techniques explained in the article Create a quick and effective dashboard using Excel’s PivotChart and Slicer objects.