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Sorting the Slicer
sanoraya - To order your months by a number range I go to the data tab in Power BI desktop:
In the ribbon you will see the Sort By Column button. Select the column you are interested in first (in my picture it would be Months), then click the Sort By Columns button.
Now you need to have a column which lists the months in the numeric order you want. For example, January will always show up as 1. In the sort by column button you will then need to click the appropriate column containing the month numbers.
This will then sort your slicer the way you want.
Thanks,
Giles
I cannot see this working.
My report seems completely agnostic to sort order in the tables view. The control only gives me option of sorting in the order of the field itself :-(
EDIT: Hey Presto! I got it to work. It is crucial to understand that sort order is specified separately on each column, and not on the table as a whole. In the typical scenario, where one wants the slicer sorted according to values in another column, the relevant sort order must be specified on the column holding the display values of the slicer.
