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Ejykso
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Hi Guys,

I'll appreciate it if someone can help me with this. 
I created a new column on my table with a switch function that shows 0-7 days, 7-14 days etc for when days old < 7, < 14 etc. 
The issue is that my report matrix is not sorting this appropriately as 7-14 days comes first before 0-7 days. 
I created another column which I called order to see if I can have integers in this column and then sort by this column. 
The Dax I used is this:

SWITCH(
              TRUE(),
            Data[Total Days] = "0-7Days", "1",
            Data[Total Days] = "7-14Days" ,"2",
            Data[Total Days] = "14-21 Days","3"
            Data[Total Days] = "21 Days+", 4)
But only the 21 days rows are showing 4. Others are blank. 
What am I doing wrong?


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Thanks. The conditional column solved this for me 

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Padycosmos
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Switch() works for me without double quotes for 1,2,3,....

Padycosmos_1-1674069621961.png

 

Padycosmos
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

You can add a conditional column in Power query as shown below. hope this helps

Padycosmos_0-1674068756074.png

 

Thanks. The conditional column solved this for me 

TomasAndersson
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi!
Right now your 4 is written as a number while the other numbers are strings due to the "" around them (e.g. "3"). If you change it so it says 1, 2, 3 and 4 instead of "1", "2", "3" and 4 you should be able to see all as numbers and be able to sort by that column.

I actually omitted the string in the "4" here as a mistake as they all appear as strings. Even when I removed the strings in all the numbers, only 4 still appears. 

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