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Tihannah's avatar
Tihannah
Resolver II
1 year ago
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Visual sort keeps reverting back??

I have a bar chart visual displaying revenue by type and am using a parameter that allows the user to click between MTD, QTD and YTD for Total Revenue. I want the visual sorted by Total Revenue highest to lowest, but no matter how many times I set the sort by Total Revenue, once you change the selection to another date period, it reverts the sort back to Type instead of Revenue? It's a small thing, but it's driving me nuts as I want the user to see it's top performers without having to re-sort every time. Am I missing something?  I've never had this issue before.

  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
    1 year ago

    Try without a parameter. Although it may result in the same issue as you are swapping out and then in the column the visual relies on for sorting. 

     

    - create a measure that reads the button selection and then provides the value based on a computation in the same measure (try to avoid nesting measures). 

    - use the measure instead of the parameter

    - sort by the measure.

    - change the selection and see if the sort stays.

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  • How do you change the Total Revenue value? with different measures?

    • Tihannah's avatar
      Tihannah
      Resolver II

      I created the measures for MTD, QTD and YTD and then built them into a parameter which created the following button.

      • lbendlin's avatar
        lbendlin
        Super User

        Try without a parameter. Although it may result in the same issue as you are swapping out and then in the column the visual relies on for sorting. 

         

        - create a measure that reads the button selection and then provides the value based on a computation in the same measure (try to avoid nesting measures). 

        - use the measure instead of the parameter

        - sort by the measure.

        - change the selection and see if the sort stays.