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Sorting the x-axis on a stacked column chart
The x axis is showing fiscal years which are stored as text(4) (not numeric). The chart appears to be sorted by fiscal year descending, I would like it ascending. Also, could I sort it by bar height, either shortest to tallest or talles to shortest.
Thanks in advance for the help
Hi sjpaq ,
When you're editing a report in Power BI, you can choose a column to define the sort order of another column.
Here's a common example. You have a Month Name column, and when you add it to a visual, the months are being sorted alphabetically: April, August, December, February, and so on. However, you want them to be sorted chronologically. This article shows how to set the sort order of one column by a different column, in Power BI Desktop or in the Power BI service.
For more details, please refer to:
Sort one column by another column in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Best Regards,
Jianbo Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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Hi sjpaq ,
When you're editing a report in Power BI, you can choose a column to define the sort order of another column.
Here's a common example. You have a Month Name column, and when you add it to a visual, the months are being sorted alphabetically: April, August, December, February, and so on. However, you want them to be sorted chronologically. This article shows how to set the sort order of one column by a different column, in Power BI Desktop or in the Power BI service.
For more details, please refer to:
Sort one column by another column in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Best Regards,
Jianbo Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi,
Please follow below steps
1.Goto data model in power bi desktop
2.Goto sort by column
3.And check the Bar chart
