Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Enhance your career with this limited time 50% discount on Fabric and Power BI exams. Ends August 31st. Request your voucher.

Reply
kroman
Helper II
Helper II

Creating sorted table variable

Hi All

  Is there any way to make a VAR of sorted table (something like 

VAR SortedTable = 'Unsorted Table' ORDER BY 'Unsorted Table'[Column1] 

Thanks

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @kroman ,

 

According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

(1) This is my test data.  

vtangjiemsft_0-1688349323509.png

(2) We can create a table.

Table 2 = VAR SortedTable =
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        SUMMARIZE(
            'Unsorted Table',
            'Unsorted Table'[Column1]
        ),
        "SortedColumn", 'Unsorted Table'[Column1]
    )
RETURN
    SortedTable

(3) Then the result is as follows.

vtangjiemsft_1-1688349363726.png

 

If the above one can't help you get the desired result, please provide some sample data in your tables (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples. It is better if you can share a simplified pbix file. Thank you.

 

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

If this post  helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. 

View solution in original post

1 REPLY 1
Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi @kroman ,

 

According to your description, here are my steps you can follow as a solution.

(1) This is my test data.  

vtangjiemsft_0-1688349323509.png

(2) We can create a table.

Table 2 = VAR SortedTable =
    ADDCOLUMNS(
        SUMMARIZE(
            'Unsorted Table',
            'Unsorted Table'[Column1]
        ),
        "SortedColumn", 'Unsorted Table'[Column1]
    )
RETURN
    SortedTable

(3) Then the result is as follows.

vtangjiemsft_1-1688349363726.png

 

If the above one can't help you get the desired result, please provide some sample data in your tables (exclude sensitive data) with Text format and your expected result with backend logic and special examples. It is better if you can share a simplified pbix file. Thank you.

 

Best Regards,

Neeko Tang

If this post  helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. 

Helpful resources

Announcements
July 2025 community update carousel

Fabric Community Update - July 2025

Find out what's new and trending in the Fabric community.

July PBI25 Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - July 2025

Check out the July 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.