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Anonymous
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7 years ago
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Custom Sort bar chart

Hello,   I'm new to Power BI and trying  to sort the chart below by the following order: Agree, Strongly Agree, Neither Agree Nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. I have other statements that ...
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  • parry2k's avatar
    parry2k
    7 years ago

    Anonymous in Power Query add another field in your table. assuming your existing field is called "Status" and new column is called "Status Order"

     

    if [Status] = "Agree" then 1 else
if [Status] = "Strongly Agree" then 2 else
if [Status] = "Neither Agree Nor Disagree" then 3 else
if [Status] = "Disagree" then 4 else
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    Close and apply the changes, go to modelling tab, select "status" field and choose sort by column option and select "Status Sort" column.

     

    Your data will sort as per your need.

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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7 years ago

Hello,

I'm unclear on the steps below (new Power BI user:smileyembarrassed:). Below is a snapshot of my data.  Will I need to create multiple status order columns for each statement?

Thank you for your help,

mc

v-cherch-msft's avatar
v-cherch-msft
Microsoft Employee
7 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

Please check the two tables in attached file.They show two ways for you to order it.

First,create order columns in query editor for each Question column and sort by them.(Table1,Page1)

Second,unpivot your table first.Then create one sort column in query editor and sort by it.(Table2,Page2)

Regards,