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Anonymous
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multi-column matrix sorting

hi,

 

i have matrix visualization with multiple columns which are both measures & dimensions as follows:

 

. yearmonth (dimension)

. organization name (dimension)

. total income (measure)

 

i'd appreciate any help on how to do multi-column sorting in matrix, if it's possible.

 

tks & krgds, -nik

I want to do a multiple column sort (like in Excel) first on Budget then on Project_duration in Power BI.

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For Year and Organization, you have a combine column and sort, But that might not look good in the matrix

New column

Year Org = [Year] & " " & [Organization]

 

But ideally, they should in some sort order by default

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous ,

I think that got supported for the table in march 2020 release, please explore here

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-march-2020-feature-summary/

 

With control and click you can sort on another column

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Anonymous
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thanks for your quick response, @amitchandak.

 

yes, i have got it working for tables visual. however, i need it to be done for matrix visual which don't seem to be able to have multi-column sorting. 

 

i'm considering dax too if it's possible in matrix visual.

krgds, -nik-

For Year and Organization, you have a combine column and sort, But that might not look good in the matrix

New column

Year Org = [Year] & " " & [Organization]

 

But ideally, they should in some sort order by default

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Anonymous
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tks again, @amitchandak.

 

will that be by means of creating a calculated column?

krgds, -nik

Yes

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