Contatenated column to sort in descending order

[sraj]

Hi,

Help!

How do I turn this contatenated column to sort in descending order?

Year = CONCATENATE('settl'[_year], 'sched'[_yr])

Thank you!

[v-yueyunzh-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi , @sraj 

According to your description, you want to concate 2 columns by DESC order .
If this , you can refer to :
(1)This is my test data:

(2)We can click "New Column" and enter :

Column = CONCATENATEX({'Table'[Column1],'Table'[Column2]} , [Value],"",[Value],DESC)

(3)Then we can meet your need:

If this method does not meet your needs, you can provide us with your special sample data and the desired output sample data in the form of tables, so that we can better help you solve the problem.

Thank you for your time and sharing, and thank you for your support and understanding of PowerBI! 

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Aniya Zhang

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[sraj]

It didnt work, I received this "A circular Dependency was detected" error.  

[AlexisOlson]

Unfortunately, circular dependencies are a bit difficult to diagnose without seeing your specific model. I don't think what I suggested should have circular dependency issues in most cases (it certainly didn't in my testing).

[sraj]

Hi @AlexisOlson - thanks for responding, what do I place in the [Value] option?  

[AlexisOlson]

Leave it as is. That's the default column name for a table construction using "{ }".

[AlexisOlson]

CONCATENATEX allows you to specify sorting:

CONCATENATEX ( { 'settl'[_year], 'sched'[_yr] }, [Value], ", ", [Value], DESC )