Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Level up your Power BI skills this month - build one visual each week and tell better stories with data! Get started

Reply
ceciliam2
New Member

Selectcolumns not working properly

Hi guys,

 

This problem has been puzzled me for a couple days and I didn't find similar post here or anywhere. So I decided to post myself. 

I want to re-order a dax table's columns, but selectcolumns doesn't retrun columns in the order I set. WHY is it acting like this? Has anyone run into the same problem before? 

ceciliam2_0-1680710603364.png

 

Thanks!

Cecilia 

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@ceciliam2 , Take out the script(dax code), Drop the table, create again, and try. if you change the script after the table is created it does not follow the order

Share with Power BI Enthusiasts: Full Power BI Video (20 Hours) YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

View solution in original post

2 REPLIES 2
amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@ceciliam2 , Take out the script(dax code), Drop the table, create again, and try. if you change the script after the table is created it does not follow the order

Share with Power BI Enthusiasts: Full Power BI Video (20 Hours) YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Series 60+ Videos YouTube
Microsoft Fabric Hindi End to End YouTube

thanks amit. it worked. unfortunately i had to rewrite all the measures and relink relationships after i drop the dax table in my live model. I wonder why selectcolumns works like this, or maybe it's a bug that can be fixed? 🙂 

Helpful resources

Announcements
April Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - April 2026

Check out the April 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.

Fabric SQL PBI Data Days

Data Days 2026 coming soon!

Sign up to receive a private message when registration opens and key events begin.

New to Fabric survey Carousel

New to Fabric Survey

If you have recently started exploring Fabric, we'd love to hear how it's going. Your feedback can help with product improvements.

Power BI DataViz World Championships carousel

Power BI DataViz World Championships - June 2026

A new Power BI DataViz World Championship is coming this June! Don't miss out on submitting your entry.