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MarkPalmberg
Kudo Commander
Kudo Commander

User-defined multi-column sort

Hi.

 

I'm looking at a tabular report in SSRS that has three "sortby" fields that the user can manipulate to arrange the report output:

sortby.PNG

 

Each pulldown contains the same values. I'd like to replicate this functionality in a Power BI version of this report. I found this post, which looks like it would work if there were a way for the user to supply the formula values. Do I need to create three tables: Sort1, Sort2, and Sort3 that each contain my "sortable" column names, then use the column values from those tables to "parameterize" my table sort formula?

 

Thanks for any assistance you may be able to throw my way.

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @MarkPalmberg,

 

The Power BI "Sort-By" function is integrated with the visuals. I didn't aware a single visual to function like "Sort-By". I would suggest you vote up this idea or create a new one.

User-defined-multi-column-sort

 

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Dale
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