slicing

Presenting different slices or views of data. For example, unit sales for a particular region and year is one slice, and gross margin for a particular product and point of sale is a different slice, and so on. In many reports, one dimension forms the rows, another forms the columns, and one or more of the remaining dimensions are used as slice dimensions. In some reports, users can specify which dimensions form the columns and rows and which are used as slicers.