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joseph_brough

Reordering columns in the Data view

Submitted by on ‎06-24-2019 03:12 AM
I have yet to work on a report in which the columns in my dataset are not arranged in a strange, illogical order, with my most-used columns lost somewhere in the middle, and groups of logically-related columns spread out over the table. The Query Editor already allows for this, but calculated columns and tables are not available in the Query Editor view. As a result, I spend too much time trying to plan the order I will create calculated columns so that I will be able to easily access them later. If there were an easy way to move columns around in the Data view, either by simply dragging (as in query editor) or by highlighting and shift-dragging (as with Excel tables), then this would save a lot of time and headaches due to searching left and right to find a column.
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ExcelMonke
Super User
Super User
‎12-17-2025 10:18 AM
Bumping this for visibility. Hopefully MSFT can get this fixed, or at least explain why the reordering of columns doesn't work.
richeerich
New Member
‎04-10-2026 10:08 AM
I am SHOCKED I can't reorder the columns in Table view. I am also shocked that reodering columns in PowerQuery is not reflect in the report even after a schema refresh. What. the. heck.