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kkjoy81
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X axis custom sort on stacked column graph

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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Anonymous
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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.

RicoZhou_0-1659683474848.png

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.

 

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Anonymous
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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.

RicoZhou_0-1659683474848.png

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.

 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@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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