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lutho
Helper II
5 years ago
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Table visual sort order based on date column not displayed

Ok, I am feeling a bit foolish - this should not be hard.   I have a Table where I need to show the most recent 10 student results. If there are not enough in the present year I wil show prior year...
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    v-janeyg-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi,  lutho 

     

    It’s my pleasure to answer for you.

    According to your description, I think you can use 'sort bu column' function in result column.

    Like this:

    If it doesn’t solve your problem, please feel free to ask me.

     

    Best Regards

    Janey Guo

     

    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-janeyg-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi, lutho 

     

    I think you need to classify the name of the same exam, for example science71, science72, so that there will be no errors.

     

    Best Regards

    Janey Guo

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lutho
Helper II
5 years ago

Hi Janey - that confirms why the column was not available for selection.

The table visual has only 1 column - recent history of exam results.

 

The DAX query is fairly simple (I am still getting my head around the ins and outs of Power BI):

 

Exam Display Result = SYN_AssessmentResults[Description] & " - " & SYN_AssessmentResults[AssessmentResult] & IF (SYN_AssessmentResults[Year]<>2020," (" & SYN_AssessmentResults[Year] & ")" )
 
The purpose of this measure was purely for the display in this one visual. If I need to make is a calculated table happy to do so if that sorts out my ordering issue. Only this measure is used in the table visual.

 

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v-janeyg-msft
Community Support
5 years ago

Hi, lutho 

 

If you use a measure, then you put only one measure in table visual,it will only display one value instead of a list of values.

Are SYN_AssessmentResults[Description],SYN_AssessmentResults[AssessmentResult] and SYN_AssessmentResults[Year] all measures?

 

Best Regards

Janey Guo

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    v-janeyg-msft
    Community Support
    5 years ago

    Hi, lutho 

     

    I think you are a little confused about the difference of measure and column. The measure changes with the context.

    But no matter what, if you only want to put one column of values on table visual and sort by date, the measure can't be done, you should use column.

     

    Best Regards

    Janey Guo

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    lutho
    Helper II
    5 years ago

    Hi Janey, the 3 fields used in the measure are all proper table columns. Given this scenario is the best approach for me to create a calculated column for the "Exam Display Result"?

    Warm regards, Lex

  • lutho's avatar
    lutho
    Helper II
    5 years ago

    Janey,

     

    Thank you for everything.

     

    All the best,

     

    Lex

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    lutho
    Helper II
    5 years ago

    Hi Janes, I have run into an additional challenge. The method provided works as long as the data set I am trying to order/display does not contain duplicates. I even created a unique displaysortorder field across all exams. Unfortunately students sometimes get the same exam result - resulting in an error message that there are the same values for 2 different displaysortorder values. It seems illogical that PBI is enforcing this constraint. Thoughts?