Slicers are a good way to filter data in a Microsoft Excel PivotTable or PivotChart, but they take up a bit of room. By moving the buttons to the chart, you free room for more visuals.

This file demonstrates the techniques explained in the article Create a quick and effective dashboard using Excel’s PivotChart and Slicer objects.

PivotChart drilldown buttons: Excel 2016 allows you to zoom in and out of your Pivot­Charts across groupings of time and other hierarchical structures within your data.