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mvi
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5 years ago
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Hide a column but retain sorting

Hi there!   I am very new to Power BI. I have built a report by using a SQL query and it looks like this:     I don't want the visitid column to be visible, but I do want to sort by that c...
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    Tahreem24
    5 years ago

    mvi ,

    So apply my second approach, which is setting Sorting column to white color. Go to Field Formatting property of that table visual and select Sorting Column name from drop down then Set Font Color to White and also click on Apply to header. (see the attached screen shot)

     

     

     

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mvi
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5 years ago

To clarify, the Sort by Column is working, but I just don't want to display that column, visitid, to the user. But that is exactly the column I want to sort by. Hope this sheds a little more light now.

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    Tahreem24
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    5 years ago

    Of sort by column is working well so no worries at all just remove the column from that table visual. It won't affect the sorting order. 

     

     

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      mvi
      Regular Visitor
      5 years ago

      "just remove the column from that table visual"

       

      How do I do that?

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        Tahreem24
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        5 years ago

        mvi ,

        Just click on the cross sign  as per below screen shot.