How to add slicer buttons to the chart in Excel A slicer is an interactive object that displays buttons that you click to filter data in tables, PivotTables and PivotCharts.

Timelines provide an easy way for viewers to quickly filter Microsoft Excel data in a meaningful way.

Thankfully, Microsoft Excel's COUNTIF formula swoops in to save the day. It lets you count cells based on specific text or conditions, turning your spreadsheet chaos into organized data magic.