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AlexCassin
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7 years ago
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Re-ordering the x-axis values

Ive seen someone say they can use the Sort By Column button in the Modelling tab but thats greyed out for me.   This is what I have but I want the order to be "< 1 Week", "1 Week - 1 Month", "1...
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  • v-frfei-msft's avatar
    v-frfei-msft
    7 years ago

    Hi AlexCassin,

     

    We can add a custom column in power query and make the date column be sorted by the custom column.

     

    if [date] = "< 1 Week" then 1 else if [date] = "1 Week - 1 Month" then 2 else if [date]= "1 Month - 3 Months" then 3 else 4

    And here is the M code in advanced eitor for your reference.

    let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wiik1MDBOVjBUCE9NzVbSUTI0VIrViVaC8BV0gRK++XklGUAZI2OoDFgAKGUMYRWD5CC6wIalIksYmyAkkG0xIccWUxMcthgaY7XF2BSrsJkFLsvNjAhajlMuFgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, sales = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"sales", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Column1", "date"}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Renamed Columns", "Custom", each if [date] = "< 1 Week" then 1 else if [date] = "1 Week - 1 Month" then 2 else if [date]= "1 Month - 3 Months" then 3 else 4)
in
    #"Added Custom"



    For more details, please check the pbix as attached.

     

    Regards,

    Frank

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v-frfei-msft
Community Support
7 years ago

Hi AlexCassin,

 

We can add a custom column in power query and make the date column be sorted by the custom column.

 

if [date] = "< 1 Week" then 1 else if [date] = "1 Week - 1 Month" then 2 else if [date]= "1 Month - 3 Months" then 3 else 4

And here is the M code in advanced eitor for your reference.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45Wiik1MDBOVjBUCE9NzVbSUTI0VIrViVaC8BV0gRK++XklGUAZI2OoDFgAKGUMYRWD5CC6wIalIksYmyAkkG0xIccWUxMcthgaY7XF2BSrsJkFLsvNjAhajlMuFgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t, sales = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type text}, {"sales", Int64.Type}}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type",{{"Column1", "date"}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Renamed Columns", "Custom", each if [date] = "< 1 Week" then 1 else if [date] = "1 Week - 1 Month" then 2 else if [date]= "1 Month - 3 Months" then 3 else 4)
in
    #"Added Custom"



For more details, please check the pbix as attached.

 

Regards,

Frank

AlexCassin's avatar
AlexCassin
Frequent Visitor
7 years ago

Okay so I have the Order column now, how do I make it sort by that column?

  • v-frfei-msft's avatar
    v-frfei-msft
    Community Support
    7 years ago

    Hi AlexCassin,

     

    Please refer to the picture to sort the column by another coumn in the table.

    Regards,

    Frank

    • AlexCassin's avatar
      AlexCassin
      Frequent Visitor
      7 years ago

      Hmm, I seem to be doing something wrong. I've sorted by order but the range doesn't seem to change correctly, it jumps from 1 to 3... There is data there that should be before 3 but its further down. Please see the picture below (Had to black out sensitive information) but you can see that order is ticked in the dropdown and the numbers on the right jump from 1 to 3.

      • v-frfei-msft's avatar
        v-frfei-msft
        Community Support
        7 years ago

        Hi AlexCassin,

         

        Did you try to create visuals? By sorting by the order column. The x-axis values should be ordering accrodingly as you excepted If you had make the AgeRange column be sorted by order.

         

        Regards,

        Frank