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analyst312
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Sort matrix by a column and not the total

‎02-28-2020 08:19 AM

I have a matrix that is spread out over a few months, what i would like to do is sort by "December", and not have to sort by the total column. Is there a way to do this?

 

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Pragati11
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‎02-28-2020 08:38 AM

Hi @analyst312 ,

 

Currently, matrix visualisation is missing this functionality. But follow the following thread, there is a workaround to achieve this using a slicer:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Sort-by-Column-in-Matrix-Visual-not-by-Row-or-by-Value/td-p...

 

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‎02-28-2020 08:36 AM

I think you just need to click on the December column to sort it, right?



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‎02-28-2020 09:07 AM

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I believe you mistook months as rows instead of column values.

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‎02-28-2020 09:36 AM

Appreciate that @VasTg but no, for some reason I was thinking Table visual!!



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