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Hello eveyone,
I'm having trouble finding a solution to a problem I'm facing. I have a column called years_appointed which categories based on a year range. I'd like to be able to have the data sort desc but because it is a text value it sorts incorrectly, so I need another column that attaches a numeric value to be able to sort. However, when I create a new column using a switch statement to create a numeric value to be able to sort I get a circular dependency issue.
What I have:
Years Appointed |
<2 |
10+ |
5 to <10 |
I'd like to be able to use the years appointed column and have it display in the correct order. At the moment, if I sort based on Years Appointed it doesn't sort properly.
What I tried, but got a circular dependency when I tried to sort by rank on the years appointed column.
Years Appointed | Rank |
<2 | 1 |
10+ | 3 |
5 to <10 | 2 |
What I want to display:
Years Appointed |
<2 |
5 to <10 |
10+ |
Any help is appreciated, thank you so much in advance for your expertise and time!
Solved! Go to Solution.
@Anonymous if you added a RANK column based on Years, you can use the rank column on the sort by for Years. I would recommend adding rank column in PQ using the new function introduced recently Rank column (Preview) - Power Query | Microsoft Learn
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@Anonymous glad to hear it worked out. Cheers!
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@Anonymous if you added a RANK column based on Years, you can use the rank column on the sort by for Years. I would recommend adding rank column in PQ using the new function introduced recently Rank column (Preview) - Power Query | Microsoft Learn
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Thank you so much for your help. I didn't see the option to add a rank column, but I did choose to use PQ to add a rank conditional column. When grouping by rank on years appointed, I was able to successfully sort!
TY!
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