title: Equivalent to Excel Slicers for Web Applications?
body: <p><strong>Is there an equivalent of Excel's slicers for Web applications?</strong> </p>
  
  <p><strong>Context...</strong> This is meant to be used in a web dashboard.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Some background for anyone not familiar with Excel slicers...</strong> Excel slicers allow you to quickly make a list of filters connected to your data source by simply selecting the desired field. In Excel, slicers are tied with pivot tables and charts to create powerful and interactive reports. Slicers can also connect with other slicers and give visual feedback on which items do not have data for a given selection (<a href="http://pakaccountants.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sd-10.gif" rel="nofollow">see image here</a> showing various slicers around a chart - the greyed buttons do not have any data - this is known as cross-filtering).</p>
  
  <p><strong>Found so far...</strong> The closest thing I have found is CrossFilter.js and DC.js which work with the D3 charting library. However, development on Crossfilter and DC seemed to have stopped. I'm new to web development, so if there is a simple solution to this and I'm digging to deep - let me know! </p>
  
  <p><strong>Thank you for any help!!</strong></p>