Can't reorder rows in table/matrix visual

[Anonymous]

As shown below, the first picture shows how the table visual looks. Column 1 is not in order the way it should be. The next picture shows the order it column 1 should look. I

In the query and orginial excel it looks like the 2nd picture but when I add the table visualization and include column 1 the order changes. Please help I need to organize the rows.

Column 1 is not in orderColumn 1 should look like this

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The visual is sorting the column1 alphabetically by default. If there is another column in the dataset that has ranks for the column1, it can be used as a 'Sort by column'. Then the visual will order it according to the 'Sort by Column' values. 

If you are manually entering data, then enter something like this in the dataset-

Column 1	rank
Global	1
NCSA	2
EARC	3
MENA	4
APAC	5

After loading the data, on the data view, select the column1 and select rank in 'Sort by Column' under Modeling tab

If the dataset is huge or it is loaded from a database, you can create another table with the column1 and rank, later merge queries to get the rank column to the dataset and then use it to sort column1.

-Lakshmi