Custom sorting

[MilanRao06]

Hi,

I have below two columns in my data containing the values - Core, Moderate and Breakaway. 

• Cluster -2017
• Cluster - 2016

In my Visuals, I want the sort order to be Core->Moderate->Breakaway, but orders as Breakaway->Core->Moderate (alphabetically). 

What I have done now is created two conditional columns where I am populating the values 1,2,3 based on the values in the respective columns (below logic). I am then using these index columns to achieve the required sort order.

If(Cluster-2017 = Core, then Cluster2017Index = 1)
elseif(Cluster-2017 = Moderate, then Cluster2017Index = 2)
elseif(Cluster-2017 = Breakaway, then Cluster2017Index = 3)

#Similar approach for Cluster-2016

Is it possible to achieve this using a single column or any other better approach possibe?

Thanks,

Milan

[v-yulgu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @MilanRao06,

Based on my research, currently, the only way to achieve custom sort is creating extra conditional column, then sort records based on this conditional column. The conditional column is created according to one specific column, it will create a one to one mapping relationship between these two columns in row level. So, it is not available to sort multiple columns which contain exactly same values though based on a single conditional column.

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu

[MilanRao06]

Thank you @v-yulgu-msft