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Keith011
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Descending Sort in Graph without changing data type to Number

Hi There,

 

This is my chart sorted DESCENDING order

Keith011_1-1672821048481.png

 

This is my chart sorted ASCENDING order

Keith011_2-1672821125903.png

 

Somehow Power BI doesn't read "10" as a "10", it reads as a "1-0" ? How do I make it sorted by Descending order 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1?

 

I know changing the Type to Number and sort will definitely work. But I cant do that, Because My dataset is unpivoted, so the column itself contains text and values, i can't change type to Number , my other charts will hit an error

 

Is there a workaround for this?

 

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Nishudhan
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Could you please provide some more input to better understand the scenario..provide the dataset image.

Hello,

 

sure, check this microsoft article that would walk you through the steps.

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-sort-by-column?tabs=powerbi-deskto...

 

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Idrissshatila
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Hello,

You could add a column for your sorting and sort the used  column in the graph by this new sort column.

like this one

Idrissshatila_0-1672822163337.png

 

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