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ksimpson50502
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Sort Legend by Y-Axis Values

Hello,

 

I have a Line Chart Visual currently filtered to show the top 10 legend values for the Y Axis and the X Axis is an internal fiscal year-week identifier. Right now when you hover over a particular week it will give you the values for the top 10, which is what I want to see. However, it has them sorted in alphabetical order by the company, instead of in value order of the Y-Axis (it is a count measure). So far I can only sort the legend alphabetically. How can I put these in descending order of their value? 

 

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v-easonf-msft
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Hi, @ksimpson50502 

Unfortunately, sorting data in the default tooltip is currently not supported.

As a workaround, you can consider add a custom tooltip page. You can sort the value in tooltip page.

Create tooltips based on report pages 

Please check my attached pbix for more details.

veasonfmsft_0-1667454656988.png

veasonfmsft_1-1667454755527.png

veasonfmsft_2-1667454776216.png

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

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v-easonf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @ksimpson50502 

Unfortunately, sorting data in the default tooltip is currently not supported.

As a workaround, you can consider add a custom tooltip page. You can sort the value in tooltip page.

Create tooltips based on report pages 

Please check my attached pbix for more details.

veasonfmsft_0-1667454656988.png

veasonfmsft_1-1667454755527.png

veasonfmsft_2-1667454776216.png

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Eason
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

 

Thanks for your help - I'm confused by the Legend Icon measure. I want the icons to mimic the colors from the visual, and it is filtered to only show top 10 based on count of the value. Meaning, it could change from week to week. How can I fix this?

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