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PaisleyMike
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custom sort question

Hello 

 

 

I have  a bar chart with  above average, average, below average, very high, very low 

The way they are sorted are alphabetical 

is there a way to set a custom sort to place them 

very low, below average, average, above average, very high

 

Thank you 

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Anonymous
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HI @PaisleyMike,

 

Please create a calculate column with custom sort order, then you can use sort by column feature to use new column as sort order.

Sort by column in Power BI Desktop

 

Notice: custom sort order should has similar as current group category.(if sort order will break current group, it can't used as 'sort by column')

 

Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
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HI @PaisleyMike,

 

Please create a calculate column with custom sort order, then you can use sort by column feature to use new column as sort order.

Sort by column in Power BI Desktop

 

Notice: custom sort order should has similar as current group category.(if sort order will break current group, it can't used as 'sort by column')

 

Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng

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