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0experienceinBI
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Incorrect Sorting

Hello,

 

Background: I am pulling data from an OData source. I find it strange that my data will no sort properly. See photo:

 

For example, an item that sold only 9 units is listed above a an item that sells 804.8

 

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OwenAuger
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@0experienceinBI

 

At a glance, your Sales_Qty and Profit columns appear to be Text data type (based on the sort order in the table and the fact that they are left-aligned).

 

Within Power Query, after importing from the OData source, you should change those columns to a numerical type (e.g. Decimal).

Then they should sort correctly

 

Regards,

Owen


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v-juanli-msft
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Hi @0experienceinBI

As tested, If I set "sold only" column as "text" for data type, then the order for this column is like yours, But after I convert this column to "number" data type, it sorts correctly.

9.png10.png

Best Regards

Maggie

v-juanli-msft
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Hi @0experienceinBI

As tested, If I set "sold only" column as "text" for data type, then the order for this column is like yours, But after I convert this column to "number" data type, it sorts correctly.

9.png10.png

Best Regards

Maggie

OwenAuger
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Super User

@0experienceinBI

 

At a glance, your Sales_Qty and Profit columns appear to be Text data type (based on the sort order in the table and the fact that they are left-aligned).

 

Within Power Query, after importing from the OData source, you should change those columns to a numerical type (e.g. Decimal).

Then they should sort correctly

 

Regards,

Owen


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