Is there a decimal number slicer in in PowerBI?

Question

I'm showing a collection of points on a map in PowerBI and I would like to filter them to show, for example, only points contained between latitude x and y.

I can do that using the filter panel by setting rules on my latitude so it shows only points with latitude greater than x and less than y. However, I'd like to use a visual component to do that. The "Advanced Time Slicer" from the Visuals Gallery seems to do something really similar to what I'd like to achieve however it works with date/time values only.

I think what I would need is a simple and generic slicer that can select a range within a set of decimal values. Is there any component in PowerBI to achieve this ?

Answer 1

This answer is for users who are still having this problem. This can be solved from the latest update of Power BI - Here is the corresponding Link.

Step 1. Duplicate the latitude and longitude column using query editor & give them the datatype of decimal number using query editor again.

Step 2. Put these decimal number latitude and longitudes columns that you just created inside the numerical slicer. Link to the official document that talks about Numerical Slicer in PowerBI.

This would save us from creating measures to identify the between values of lat and long.

Answer 2

I would use the Filter pane. You could add your latitude field to the Visual Level Filters well (on the Visualizations pane, under Filters). Then a user viewing the report can open the Filters pane and specify a range of numeric values, e.g.

Show items when the value: is greater than 10 and is less than 30