how to sort on part of the headers

[toddwyx]

Hey guys, I would like to sort on part of my headers, I have sth like that:

primary event type	secondary eventtype	2022-07	2022-06	2022-05	2022-04	2022-03	2022-02	2022-01	2021-12
event	event	583	583	583	583	583	583	583	583
event	event	583	583	583	583	583	583	583	583
event	event	7785	583	583	583	583	583	583	583
event	event	583	5534	583	583	583	8786	4434	583
event	event	583	583	4465	884	3578	583	583	583
event	event	583	583	583	583	583	583	583	583

I'm new to power BI, I have created a slicer on my primary and secondary event types, and I would like to sort my data based on the rest of the headers. However, I'm having trouble doing so. It would be helpful if someone can give some hints

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

The very first thing you want to do is bring the data into a usable format. You do that by unpivoting it.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WSi1LzStR0oHTphbGJJCxOrQwwdzcwpQ6jjA1NsGqzcLcwgxImZjA5Qn5xMTEDOQmCwuQBmNTcwvahEYsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [#"primary event type" = _t, #"secondary eventtype" = _t, #"2022-07" = _t, #"2022-06" = _t, #"2022-05" = _t, #"2022-04" = _t, #"2022-03" = _t, #"2022-02" = _t, #"2022-01" = _t, #"2021-12" = _t]),
    #"Unpivoted Other Columns" = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"primary event type", "secondary eventtype"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Unpivoted Other Columns",{{"Value", Int64.Type}})
in
    #"Changed Type"

How to use this code: Create a new Blank Query. Click on "Advanced Editor". Replace the code in the window with the code provided here. Click "Done".