Power BI makes it really easy to add the search capability to slicers to allow users to search for values. This is especially useful when there are many values available in the slicer. However, you might be wondering, “Why don’t I see the Search option on my slicer?” or ‘How can I add the Search option to my slicer since it’s not showing in the options?”

Unfortunately, this feature is not available on numeric or date slicers.

To access and activate (or deactivate) the search feature on a slicer, hover over the slicer, and then click the “3-dots” icon in the top right.

If the slicer contains text values, you will see the following options, from which you can simply click “Search” to activate the feature:

When it is “checked” as shown above, it’s activated, and it’s deactivated when not “checked”.

However, if the slicer contains date or number values, you will see the following options, which do not include the “Search” option:

A very ugly option is to set your slicer settings Style to “Between”, and then a user would be able to enter the same value in both the From and To values to find the specific value. Obviously, this is not ideal and will not be desirable in most cases, but it is an option for some cases, and maybe useful during testing.

Good luck on your data journey!