Hello
I made a test set to explain my issue
I have a powerBI database with numbers
When I sort them from biggest to smallest in powerBI all is well
But when I connect an excel to the powerBI dataset, it seems there are stored as text and the sorting fails
I even tried to duplicate the column and put it in the sort by in Power BI but it didn't work
Thak you in advance for your help, it is making me crazy
@LaurenceV Wow that is weird, never seen that before. Can you share pbix file using one drive/google drive, and I will test on my end.
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