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The column order in Data table isn't the same as in Power Query!
Hello friends, I've been googling for a solution to no avail. I want the order of columns in data table view to be the same as it is in Power Query Editor. How can I force Data Table to display c...
Resurrecting an older topic, I ran into this today. Trying to figure out if this is still an issue or I have an outdated version?
- ToddChitt
Super User
In reading through some of the post answers, they seem to have strayed a bit from the original topic, that the column order in Power Query is different than that of the Desktop designer. The former sets column order based on the discovery of the source data, while the latter is alphabetical.
Always has been, probably always will be.
Get used to it.
You would have better luck asking traffic engineers to make stop signs six sided instead of eight sided. I consider it a lost cause, unfortunately.
