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Anonymous
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How to sort matrix columns in descending order

Hi all,

 

Is there any way to sort matrix columns in descending order? I don't think there's an option for that but maybe there's a workaround?

 

See below:

 

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crocus
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You need to create a sort column and then use 'Modeling' / 'Sort by Column'.

 

In Power Query you can do something like this:

Table.AddColumn(#"Previous Step", "Alias Sort", each - ([Alias])
 So it would look like:
Alias           Alias Sort
1                   -1
2                   -2
3                   -3
 

Make sure 'Alias Sort' is a whole number.

Then highlight 'Alias' and go to Modeling / Sort by Column and choose Alias Sort.

You matrix should sort in a descending manner.

 

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v-yuta-msft
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@Anonymous ,

 

 You need to create a rank column using function like RANKX() 

RANKX(<table>, <expression>[, <value>[, <order>[, <ties>]]])  

Then add the rank column to matrix visual and sort by the rank column based on your senario.

 

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crocus
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Advocate II

You need to create a sort column and then use 'Modeling' / 'Sort by Column'.

 

In Power Query you can do something like this:

Table.AddColumn(#"Previous Step", "Alias Sort", each - ([Alias])
 So it would look like:
Alias           Alias Sort
1                   -1
2                   -2
3                   -3
 

Make sure 'Alias Sort' is a whole number.

Then highlight 'Alias' and go to Modeling / Sort by Column and choose Alias Sort.

You matrix should sort in a descending manner.

 

Alternativ is to AddIndexColumn("table","Com_name",-1,-1)

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