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Anonymous
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Order legend in line graph

Hi!

 

I have a line graph with a dynamic legend. How do I order the legend?

Same question for a matrix btw.

 

It looks like this:

graph legend.jpg

 

 

And I have a table that kind of looks like this:

table category.jpg

 

But I want the line graph ordered by month on the x-axis of course.

 

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous,

 

Given the sample data, you may take advantage of Id column.

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous,

 

Given the sample data, you may take advantage of Id column.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
BraneyBI
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 Create a calculated column in the same table as your Value field, which has the appropriate sort order - call it ValueSort

Then apply "Sort by columns" (from the modeling ribbon)  to the Value column using the ValueSort column.


When you use the Value column in your visual, it will now be properly sorted. 

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