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MouserMike
Helper I
6 years ago
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Sort report by name then date

 I created a report to be used with Project Online that includes resource names and task assignments.  I want to sort the report first by the name, then the task (assignment) start date.  I've read s...
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amitchandak
Super User
6 years ago

Can you try by creating a new column 

Concat Name and Date in YYYYMMDD format and try using it as the sort column

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MouserMike
Helper I
6 years ago

I created this column:

Sort = Assignments[ResourceName]&Assignments[AssignmentStartDate].[Date]

It defaults to a date format of mm/dd/yyyy so it doesn't sort correctly.  How do you specify a different format as part of the concatenation?

 

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    amitchandak
    Super User
    6 years ago

    Instead of .date use .year and the same manner take month and date and append them. Also, check DateTime.ToText

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      amitchandak
      Super User
      6 years ago

      If above did not help? let me know.

       

      If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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    v-lili6-msft
    Community Support
    6 years ago

    hi, MouserMike 

    First, you should know that Difference between custom column and calculated column, please refer to this post:

    https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Difference-between-custom-column-and-calculated-column/td-p/71591

     

    Second, from your formula we could know that this is a calculated column.

    so you could add FORMAT Function in your formula to change the format to output.

    New Sort = Assignments[ResourceName] & FORMAT ( Assignments[AssignmentStartDate].[Date], "yyyy/mm/dd" )

    Result:

     

    Best Regards,

    lin

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      MouserMike
      Helper I
      6 years ago

      I have the sorting working correctly using the calculated column in the visual:

      New Sort = Assignments[ResourceName] & FORMAT ( Assignments[AssignmentStartDate].[Date], "yyyy/mm/dd" )

      However, I really don't want this column to be visible in the visual; the individual columns are already there, and this calculated column looks rather weird since it's multiple columns concatenated together.  I've looked for ways to sort a visual by a column that is not part of the visual, but the only "solution" I've found is to add this calculated column to the far right of the visual, then shrink the width so it's almost invisible.  Is there another way to do this?