Customize fields list ordering

[beneuto1]

At least as an option, allow fields to be ordered the same as the source query rather than alphabetical. This way they can be put in a logical and consistent order. Obviously, a workaround is to prefix each column name with a number but this is clunky, unattractive and a pain if the columns change often.

[wsthomasphd]

Currently the FIELDS area lists fields by alphabetic order within a data object (or EXCEL file). There is no option to display fields in the order they appear in the data object or in the EXCEL file. This makes it more difficult to find fields because they are out of order and scrambled when compared to an Excel workbook or data file. Therefore, Provide the option to list fields by their order within worksheets and other objects OR alphabetically.

[szimmer11]

Please add this. Absolutely essential!

[thomasv1]

Please implement this. We need to organize the fields as per our business logic and not in alphabetic order

[josemiguel_salv]

Please implement. Even the Pivot table in Excel has this basic feature.

[eli5]

Original order should be the default - other custom orders should be optional. I you don't give the user options, at least let us keep our original order please!

[nbrunne1]

Let's go Microsoft.

[linda_sarace1]

When building reports (what we call "thin" reports) in Power BI Desktop from an existing data model (used Power BI Dataset option for the Get Data to retrieve a data model), we need the table/query structure from the model to be the way the table/query structure in presented in the Fields section within Power BI. For example: In Query Editor within a data model a table/query structure may look like this: Order Subject Area [5] Order line Unified Order Standing Order Unified Order Line Order Reconciliation Shipment Subject Area [3] Shipment Number Shipment Status Shipment Reconciliation When this model is sourced into Power BI Desktop, the Fields panel should present the structure just as it appears above. At current it simply places the queries in alphabetical order

[ajgrindle]

just started getting into using power BI and this nuance is making me want to look elsewhere for creating reports. this increases the amount of time i have to spend creating reports because i constantly have to look back at my original table to confirm the order of fields. Microsoft, why are you applying any type of sort here. This just seems silly. If you think you are being helpful then you are very wrong.

[missyjar]

Some time back, MS added the ability to group the queries in the Query Builder - this has helped tremendously. BUT, we need to have these groupings ("Folders") carry into the report-building experience. In a model that has dozens of queries, we need something more than alphabetical order as the organization of them in the "fields" pane.

[alain_debecker]

Typically the type of distinctive feature between professional and amateur software. Please implement asap.