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Sorting on Grouped Column
This took me a few minutes now that I have some sample data to work with. It brute forces it (and by no means do I recommend this) but it maintains the column headers etc that you currently have:
1) Keep Year as a whole number
2)Create a custom column in the List table with the following code. This will make bins for you:
if [Year] <= 5 then "<5" else if [Year] >5 and [Year] <=10 then "6-10" else if [Year] >10 and [Year] <= 15 then "11-15" else if [Year] >15 and [Year] <=20 then "16-20" else "21-25"
3) Home Tab > Merge Queries
4) Merge List table and Sort Range Table using Bin in the List table, and Range in the Sort Range Table.
5) Expand table and select Sort Order:
6) close and apply
7) Sort by column now that you have the sort order in the table.
With the Column selected in your Fields pane, do you have Column Tools appear in the Ribbon?
If you do, can you try to use the sorting function (Sort By Column) which should enable you to sort the column by your ranking column.
Column Tools > Sort By Column > Select column "Sort Order".
This should then put the columns into the correct order you are wanting.
Hi Anonymous ,
The Sort by Column function does appear in the ribbon.
When I sorted by Year (Group), the columns in the matrix table (show in the first post) still remain the same. It will not sort into <5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20 and 21-25.