Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Ease of Development
rEPorTING TooL
PrEDEFINED CHArT TyPE
EASE oF DEVELoPMENT
Excel
No
PerformancePoint
Yes
Power View
Yes
Reporting Services
No
Silverlight/HTML5
N/A
Slicing and Slicers
A slicer is very similar in concept to a drill across, except that the slicer doesn't
contain any information. It is a new way of showing a multiselect filter. One
innovation is that slicers change color depending on whether data is contained
within the data set. Figure 13-7 shows a slicer in Excel: It is easily apparent
that although North America and Latin America are not selected, they do
contain data that could be used if they were selected; Polar and West Asia
do not contain data.
F I g u R e 13-7
Slicers operating in conjunction with a pivot table and chart
