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bcastillo
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8 years ago
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Issues with order in column

Hello,    I am working on a line chart and the x-axis is supposed to have rolling quarters but power bi is sorting the quarters for me and they are out of order. Here is the picture of my data and ...
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  • v-juanli-msft's avatar
    v-juanli-msft
    8 years ago

    Hi bcastillo

    I can reproduce your problem.

    My "Quarterly data" column is of text type, when I add it to the axis of the line chart,it will sort by another column of number type by default. picture below is an example.

     

    One workaround is:

    create a Index column in Query editor

    Then in Report View, select "Quarterly data" column, then select on the Modeling->Sort by column, click on the "Index" column.

    Next on the Line chart, select the three dots on the upper-right of it, select "Sort by"->"Quarterly data".

     

     

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie

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Seward12533
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8 years ago

Need to add a column wiht a numeric year quarter. If you dont' have it in your date table you can add by adding a calculated column

Year Quarter Number = YEAR([date]&FORMAT([date],"Q")

Then form the Table View Select the Text column for the Q-YR and choose sort by and select Sort By.

 

 

If you don't see a sort option at all there may be a sort otpion you need to change the option in the AXIS properties for type and choose categorical instead of continuous.

 

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    bcastillo
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    8 years ago

    I am getting an error message when I use that code 

    Spoiler
    Cannot convert value 'Q2-17Q2-17' of type Text to type Date.

     

    • Seward12533's avatar
      Seward12533
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      8 years ago
      Format will require it in date format. Instead just extract the year and quarter number from your text.
      Something like VALUE(RIGHT([Quarterly Data],2)&MID([Quarterky Data],2,1])

      May need to play with the start on the Mid I always get confused if it starts with 0 or 1 as the first character.
      • bcastillo's avatar
        bcastillo
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        8 years ago

         

        When I try to change the format as a Date it gives me this error

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    bcastillo
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    8 years ago

    Also, I do not have the option to select continuos, if I click it it goes right back to categorical