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Google Sheets: Enabling Slicers

It was announced on Aug 1st of this year that Slicers have been added to Google Sheets: https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/08/sheets-slicers-scorecards-themes.html.

This is supported by their updated docs here: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/9245556

I've selected my pivot table and went to Data and no slicer option was available:

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In a tutorial video, here, it shows the slicer should be there:

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How do I enable to Slicer?

Solution

  • when Google says it updates something it's usually meaning that the update process may take 15-30 days to roll out for all platforms starting with G Suit accounts and ending with regular Google accounts. Eg. the recommended course of action is to wait in this case.

    if you want slicers right now, there is an addon: https://stackoverflow.com/a/56914448/5632629

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