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Sort by another column (by duplicate values)
Hello, community.
There is a problem: for example, i've got a Table with columns: Name, JobT, Department, Salary. I need to sort it in Mullti-row card by Salary, but don't show that values there. According to salary - many people have the same salary, so i can't do "Sort by column"-function. I think that there is only one solution: create autonum row (like autosort), which chooses the lowest salary and put in new column K, than K+1 and etc. (I use sharepoint userlist as dataset, so i need that new income person auto appears in my table and the formula automatically works for new person, or for salary changes)
Am i right? How can i do it?
Hi v-jiascu-msft,
I found somewhere, that i cannot do "sort by column" for duplicate values, so i thought that it was my problem. But, i found a solution.
I had an error "This column can't be sorted by a column that is already sorted, directly or indirectly, by this column". And it means, that you can't sort by a calculated column which DAX expression depends on the column you want to sort. I duplicated a column and everything works fine. It's a bit confusing..
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Hi shtefanvalery,
You still can do "Sort by column" when salary has duplicates. Do you have any other requirements?
Best Regards!
Dale
Hi v-jiascu-msft,
I found somewhere, that i cannot do "sort by column" for duplicate values, so i thought that it was my problem. But, i found a solution.
I had an error "This column can't be sorted by a column that is already sorted, directly or indirectly, by this column". And it means, that you can't sort by a calculated column which DAX expression depends on the column you want to sort. I duplicated a column and everything works fine. It's a bit confusing..
