Quick summary
Adding a year filter in Power BI lets analysts slice report data by specific years using the built-in Slicer visual. This step-by-step walkthrough shows how to insert a date slicer and configure it to display year-level filtering in Power BI Desktop.
Steps
- Open Power BI Desktop and navigate to the report you want to add date filtering to.
- In the Visualizations pane on the right side, locate and click the Slicer visual icon.
- Find your Date field in the Fields pane and drag it into the empty slicer you just created.
- Select the Date field and click Year to configure the slicer for year-level filtering.
- Your year filter is now active — use it to filter report data by year across all visuals.
