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Hi
I used to be able to sort a column by an aorder set in another column with no problem But now I get this error message: "We can't sort the 'X' column by 'Y'. There can't be more than one value in 'Y' for the same value in 'X'. Please choose a different column for sorting or update the value in Y"
I have checked my data several times already and i don't have more than one value in the sorting column for the same value in the other column.
I have read in other forums questions sugesting that this might be a recent bug. Does anyone know of a solution?
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@jcesguerra Sorry, let me try again:
- add a table visual
- add the column that you are trying to sort
- add the column that you are using for sorting
- add the following measure in the table visual
Measure = DISTINCTCOUNT ( Table[SortByColumn] )
click on the Measure heading in the visual to sort by measure, and see if there is any value which is greater than 1 and that where the problem lies.
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@jcesguerra yes could be
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@jcesguerra Sorry, let me try again:
- add a table visual
- add the column that you are trying to sort
- add the column that you are using for sorting
- add the following measure in the table visual
Measure = DISTINCTCOUNT ( Table[SortByColumn] )
click on the Measure heading in the visual to sort by measure, and see if there is any value which is greater than 1 and that where the problem lies.
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they all have a value of 1... including the blank. maybe that's the problem?
(thanks a lot for your help!)
@jcesguerra May be try this, add actual and the sort column and the measure that counts the rows, and check if any of the rows has more than 1 value, it means that is duplicate. Sometime whitespace can lead to these issues which otherwise are not visible.
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i'm sorry, i don't understand what you mean. could you explain again please?
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