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sanoraya
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10 years ago
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Sorting the Slicer

Hi,  I am struggling with how to sort the slilcer the way I need:    I have a table like this:  Number Month 1           Jan 2           Feb.  3           March etc...    The slicer only al...
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  • GilesWalker's avatar
    GilesWalker
    10 years ago

    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

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hi sanoraya,

     

       try following my post here.

    Let me know if it works.

     

    #I'M Not An Expert#

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GilesWalker
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10 years ago

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

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DTaraboletti
Helper I
2 years ago

GilesWalker - Thanks for the above referenced solution... I'm able to make that work for a single data field slicer, but do you (or anyone) have recommendations for a two-field slicer?   

 

I have the following underlying datatable (used for page navigation).  NOTE:  I'm using the Table (Rather than Button Bookmark/Page Navigator to make this more dynamic and because I'm using the slicer selection to display page description and other information in a separate dialog box)

 

And that table is used for the following slicer

As noted above, I am using Section (Long Name) and Page as the slicer options.  For this arrangement, I get the following error message when trying to "Sort by Column" with Page selected and the sort order option of "Sort Order" column.

 

Having received that error, I tried to do the "Sort By Column" option on "Tab Name" column.  The "Sort By Column" function works (no error) but when I adjust the Slicer as follows..

 

The Slicer sort sequence is not updated and remains as shown below

I would prefer not to have to create 2 separate slicers (one for section and a dependent one for Page)... so I'm seeking advice from this community.