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Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
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5 years ago

Likert scale graphs

Hi all, 

 

I have a data base from a survey with more than 100 columns with Strongly disagree, agree, neutral, agree, strongly agree data for each column. 

 

I need transport this result into graph on our powerBI dashboard. Everything is fine except for the ordering of the axis X of the graph. Is there any easy way to sort the axis X to display as Strongly disagree, agree, neutral, agree, strongly agree without creating a sorting column for each column of the table ?

Need Help

6 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    5 years ago

    Can you give a screenshot of the sample data and the chart that you have built?

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      5 years ago

      That's the graph, and i want to sort it by:  Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neither Agree or Disagree, Agree, Strongly agree 

       

      That's the data 

       

      I am trying to figure out a way to sort it without create a extra column qwith sorting index for each column. 

      • mkarbel's avatar
        mkarbel
        New Member
        2 years ago

        were you able to sort the way you need? I created additional Sort coulmn but it is not working anyway. 

         

  • v-yingjl's avatar
    v-yingjl
    Community Support
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    In power bi desktop visual, the default is to sort by first letter for using text as legend. So creating a sorting column is a relatively straightforward way to achieve the requirements.

     

    Best Regards,
    Yingjie Li

    If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      v-yingjl i was trying to find a solution as i have more than 200 columns to sort, and wont be feasible to create one sort column for each one. 

      • HotChilli's avatar
        HotChilli
        Community Champion
        5 years ago

        It's a while since I've attempted one of these Likert questions.  I think I remember that unpivotting the question columns is the way to go.

        You should then be able to create a sorting dimension to customise the sort order.