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Anonymous
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WeekDay Sort on Column chart

Hi All,

I have the below sample data. When I created column chart with weekday on X-axis & Value on Y-axis. I am not able to order the weekday with actual day of the week order i.e monday, tuesday, wednesday....Holiday. I tried creating new column with switch DAX but its not working. I am getting below result on PBI.  Can you please help to sort?

 

Screenshot 2020-11-24 232801.png

 

WeekDayValue
Monday5
Friday4
Saturday3
Tuesday6
Wednesday1
Thursday8
Sunday9
Holiday2

 

Thanks

 
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amitchandak
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Super User

@Anonymous , if you have date in table create a sort column

 

Weekday = weekday([date])

Weekday1  = weekday

weekday sort = Switch( True(),

[Weekday]= "Monday" ,1 ,

//Add others

8//default value

)

 

And sort weekday 1 on weekday sort

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Then refer to my second option

 

Weekday1 = weekday

weekday sort = Switch( True(),

[Weekday]= "Monday" ,1 ,

//Add others

8//default value

)

 

And sort weekday 1 on weekday sort https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-sort-by-column

 

 

Sortnewribbion.png

 

 

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amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , Then refer to my second option

 

Weekday1 = weekday

weekday sort = Switch( True(),

[Weekday]= "Monday" ,1 ,

//Add others

8//default value

)

 

And sort weekday 1 on weekday sort https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-sort-by-column

 

 

Sortnewribbion.png

 

 

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Anonymous
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@amitchandak - Thanks. It works.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , if you have date in table create a sort column

 

Weekday = weekday([date])

Weekday1  = weekday

weekday sort = Switch( True(),

[Weekday]= "Monday" ,1 ,

//Add others

8//default value

)

 

And sort weekday 1 on weekday sort

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column

 

else create

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Anonymous
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@amitchandak - I do not have a date column. I only have 2 columns weekday & value.

@Anonymous ,

 

You need to sort the WeekDay column using Value column. There is a option to do so in Data View.

veenashenolikar_0-1606282917547.png

After that, sort your chart on Weekday.(Check descending/ascending as per your requirement)

veenashenolikar_1-1606283163108.png

 

 

Please mark this as a solution if it help you solve your issue.

Regards,

Veena Shenolikar

Anonymous
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Hi @veenashenolikar 

I did that. But it did not work. Its is sorting weekday based on the value.

 

susheel1347_0-1606283764670.png

 

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

You need to change the sorting of the chart from Values to Weekday column. Have you tried this?

veenashenolikar_0-1606286373448.png

 

Mark this as a solution if it helped solve your issue.

Veena Shenolikar

 

Anonymous
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Hi @veenashenolikar -
Yes I tried the same way. But its not working. 

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