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Hi everyone,
I have a column stacked graph and want to sort the X-axis using a custom sort (ie it's not alphabetical order). I want to display the x-axis in a particular order. How do i do this?
Thanks
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Hi @kkjoy81 ,
amitchandak's link is about add a sort in date table. I think you want to add a new sort for text format column in your table. If you add a custom sort by dax with IF() function, you will get a circule error. Here I suggest you to add a custom sort in Power Query Editor. Add a custom column by Conditional Column Function.
Then sort the column in X axis by this sort column. You may refer to the offical blog mentioned by amitchandak to learn more details about how to sort a column by another column.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
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Hi @kkjoy81 ,
amitchandak's link is about add a sort in date table. I think you want to add a new sort for text format column in your table. If you add a custom sort by dax with IF() function, you will get a circule error. Here I suggest you to add a custom sort in Power Query Editor. Add a custom column by Conditional Column Function.
Then sort the column in X axis by this sort column. You may refer to the offical blog mentioned by amitchandak to learn more details about how to sort a column by another column.
Best Regards,
Rico Zhou
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
@kkjoy81 , Create a sort column and mark that as sort column
How to Create Sort Column and Solve Related Errors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK1zu4MBb-c
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column
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