Filtering Data with Slicer-Style Filtering User Interface

A computer-implemented method for filtering data in an electronic document, comprising:

• receiving a selection for filtering a data range in an electronic document;
• displaying a filtering user interface in the electronic document for filtering the data range;
• displaying in the filtering user interface one or more tiles associated with one or more filtering properties that may be applied to the data range;
• displaying the one or more tiles in an order corresponding to a present sorting order of one or more data items contained in the data range;
• and
• visually distinguishing at least one tile from the one or more tiles that are associated with a filtering property presently applied to the data range.

A system for filtering data in an electronic document, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable to:
• receive a selection for filtering a data range in an electronic document;
• display a filtering user interface in the electronic document for filtering the data range;
• display in the filtering user interface one or more tiles associated with one or more filtering properties that may be applied to the data range;
• receive a selection of at least one tile from the one or more tiles not associated with a filtering property presently applied to the data range;
• and
• automatically apply to the data range a filtering property associated with the selected at least one tile from the one or more tiles.