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vickyd
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Sort each level in Matrix differently

In a Power BI Matrix that has multiple levels (Row Headers) displayed in a stepped layout form is it possible to sort first level say alphabetically or by default sort order and then the 2 level by total amount? 

 

In the screenshot below, the 1st level header values need to be sorted by their default sort as setup in the model using the sort by another column option but the 2nd level should be sorted by the $ Amount (as shown in the 2nd screenshot). 

 

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parry2k
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@vickyd totally agrees. These are important things and very hard to achieve/visualize the data. Always create an idea on the ideas forum and promote it so that it gets a vote and get the attention of the product team.

 

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@vickyd You cannot sort by a measure until you create a calculated table which I don't think is going to work in your use case. Having said that, you are out of options here. Sorry.

 

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Thanks. That's what I thought. 

 

Wish the Power BI team takes a little pause and works on bringing feature parity between Exclel and Power BI tables/matrixes before moving to other things.

 

Little things like this do end up making the reports look a little silly with business users wondering why the report author couldn't just sort the **bleep** list by Amount :). 

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