Change default sorting of a visual

[mattcha]

Hi everyone,

I have created a calendar table (see screenshot) linked to a paramater to change the way data is displayed. 

With this formula, my columns "MonthYear" and "Year" are date format and "WeekYear" and "QuarterYear" text format because of the letters. 
I alredy customized a bit the formula so that my weeks can be sorted ascending without having 2005 W1, 2005 W10 and so on. 

The only problem I have now is that when I use "WeekYear" or "QuarterYear", the default sorting will be set on the Y axis resulting in not viewing the data in a chronological order:
(using "YearQuarter")

VS using "YearMonth"

Is there a way to set or change the default sorting order of a visual? 

[Anonymous]

Hi @mattcha ,

If sort by column doesn't work. You can try using rankx, to sort your values.

Hope it helps!

Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Scott Chang

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @mattcha 

Are you sorting your visual in ascending and descending order than for date table maybe it won't work. 

So instead of that try sorting the column "YearQuarter" and "YearMonth" using Year or Month column in the data view. 

For example,

Like I was able to see Month Name in order in Data view but when i plot month name in any visual it will show in random way for that i have sorted month name column using month. 

Best Regards.

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