How to Avoid auto-sorting in a clustered bar chart

Yes, it is possible to avoid the default sorting on a clustered bar chart in Power BI.

One way to achieve this is to disable the "Visual Interactions" feature. This will prevent the chart from sorting automatically when the user interacts with other visuals on the report page.

To disable "Visual Interactions," follow these steps:

1. Click on the clustered bar chart to select it.
2. Click on the "Format" tab in the Visualizations pane.
3. Scroll down to the "Visual Interactions" section.
4. Click the toggle switch to turn off "Visual Interactions."

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At the data level, if your column has a sorting applied which depends on another column, then in the viz, by default, PBI uses that sort order first. If you want to change this order, you can always apply a different sort order e.g.