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Gerri
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Sort legend for stacked column chart

I'm trying to sort the legend by a custom order and looked at past tutorials to create the sort table and sort index.

But when I try to sort the legend for the stacked chart, it still sorts the legend by alphabetical order.

Am I missing a step somewhere?

 

Sample data and the stacked chart:

Gerri_0-1655107977168.png

Relationships between the tables:

Gerri_1-1655108089624.png

 

Table sorted by column sort order:

Gerri_2-1655108224475.png

 

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v-jayw-msft
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Hi @Gerri ,

 

Add the sort order column to tooltip field, then you should be able to sort the visual by that column.

 

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Jay

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v-jayw-msft
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Hi @Gerri ,

 

Add the sort order column to tooltip field, then you should be able to sort the visual by that column.

 

Best Regards,

Jay

Community Support Team _ Jay
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to help the other members find it.

Sorted! Thanks for your help!

Gerri_0-1655426624819.png

 

mohammedadnant
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Hi @Gerri 

 

You need to use the feature of SORT BY COLUMN, pls see below image

mohammedadnant_0-1655117125321.png

 

 

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Hi @mohammedadnant ,

I did use SORT BY COLUMN but it doesn't affect the visual.

Gerri_1-1655167535440.png

 

 

Hi @Gerri 

 

Can you try to select ascending/descending in the legend of this visual

mohammedadnant_0-1655182553682.png

 

 

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Hi @mohammedadnant ,

With the legend of this visual selected:

Gerri_0-1655185205900.png

With the legend of this visual not selected:

Gerri_1-1655185289183.png

The strange thing is that I have no problems with the legend if it was a pie chart..

Gerri_2-1655185520255.png

 

Gerri
Frequent Visitor

Hi @mohammedadnant ,

Is there any solution for the visual to sort by the custom sort order? I've tried rebuilding my visual but the legend won't sort by the custom order if it's a column chart..

Hi @Gerri 

 

Please share the sample to test.

 

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Mohammed Adnan

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