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Anonymous
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Custom Sorting

I am using direct query of the table.  need help on the custom sorting on the name and also count # of records where name = "High" (just for example)

 

The table has following columns.

 

KeyName
1High
2High
3High 
4Low
5Low
6Low
7Low 
8Medium
9Medium
10Medium
11High
12Low
13

Medium

 

 

 

The output should be displayed as  ( manual sort )

NameCount
High4
Medium4
Low5

 

 

How do I accomplish this using SWITCH ?

  

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Create a new column in Power Query and Then In Column Tools(DAX) mark it sort column=

 

=

If [Name] ="High" then 1

else if [Name] ="Medium" then 2 else 3 

 

In case you want this DAX

 

Create a new column first

 

Name 1 = [Name]

 

Then create Sort column

 

Name Sort = Switch(True() ,

[Name] ="High" ,1,

 [Name] ="Medium" ,2 ,3 )

 

Then mark Name Sort as sort column of Name 1 and use name 1 in visual

 

How to Create Sort Column and Solve Related Errors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK1zu4MBb-c

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Create a new column in Power Query and Then In Column Tools(DAX) mark it sort column=

 

=

If [Name] ="High" then 1

else if [Name] ="Medium" then 2 else 3 

 

In case you want this DAX

 

Create a new column first

 

Name 1 = [Name]

 

Then create Sort column

 

Name Sort = Switch(True() ,

[Name] ="High" ,1,

 [Name] ="Medium" ,2 ,3 )

 

Then mark Name Sort as sort column of Name 1 and use name 1 in visual

 

How to Create Sort Column and Solve Related Errors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK1zu4MBb-c

Full Power BI Video 20 Hours YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

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