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jsBrizius
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Helper I

Sort by Measure (Pareto)?

I am using the Line/Column chart as a pareto.  My problem is that it is not sorting correctly.  When I try to change the sort column for the x axis value Category, the Pareto column is not an option?

 

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Sort By Column options:

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samdthompson
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click on the 3 dots at the top right of the chart and click on sort by (whatever the measure is called).

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.

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Mike_Carlo
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Most Valuable Professional

Also check out this great tutorial of making a Pareto chart in power BI. It help me when I was having a similar issue.

http://powerbi.tips/2016/10/pareto-charting/
Mike Carlo ( https://powerbi.tips )
samdthompson
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click on the 3 dots at the top right of the chart and click on sort by (whatever the measure is called).

// if this is a solution please mark as such. Kudos always appreciated.

 

 

 

That worked.

 

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