sort by index order

Hmm,

maybe I'm still not getting the point ...

A simple bar chart looks like this:

I'm sorting the column Measure by Column1, these are the steps

• select the data tab
• select the column: Measure
• "Sort By Column": choosing "column1"

I'm getting this:

Finally I'm applying a Visual Filter to avoid the Total Measure, this may be necessary, due to the fact that blank values (Measure: Total) are sorted before the measures that have a proper value in the column Column1

If this is not what you want, I guess you have to explain the outcome a little more.

Two questions:

What kind of visualization are you using (in my example I'm using "Clustered Bar Chart"

and what release of Power BI Desktop are you using.