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Acrix
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After transformed data, inside Table View the col go to the end

How if after I split cols in query editor and remove the 2nd col, then close and apply. In Table View the col go to the end, in editor it looks normal, how to fix

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Mohamed32
Advocate III
Advocate III

What you’re seeing isn’t a bug—it’s how Microsoft Fabric / Power Query behaves after applying transformations.

Why this happens

In Power Query Editor, the column order reflects the step-by-step transformations you applied.

But once you Close & Apply, the model (Table View) may:

  • Reorder columns based on internal schema updates
  • Treat newly created columns (like from Split Column) as “added later”, so they appear at the end
  • Ignore visual order unless it’s explicitly enforced in the query steps

How to fix it (best practices)

✔️ 1. Explicitly reorder columns in Power Query

After your transformations:

  • Go to Home → Choose Columns → Reorder Columns
  • Or drag columns manually into the correct order

👉 This creates a step like: Reordered Columns

This step locks the order when loaded into Fabric.


✔️ 2. Check the last applied step

Sometimes the issue happens because:

  • You reordered columns before splitting/removing columns

📌 Fix:

  • Move the Reorder Columns step to the very last step in Applied Steps

✔️ 3. Use “Choose Columns” instead of removing

Instead of:

  • Split → Remove column

Try:

  • Split → Choose Columns (keep only what you need)

This avoids hidden reordering issues.


✔️ 4. Verify in Data Model vs Query

Remember:

  • Query Editor = transformation logic
  • Table View = final model structure

So always ensure the final step defines the structure


Pro tip (advanced)

If you’re comfortable with M code:

  • Add this at the final step:
Table.ReorderColumns(Source, {"Col1", "Col2", "Col3"})

This guarantees exact ordering regardless of earlier steps.


Bottom line

Your column moved because Fabric treats it as a new column added late in the pipeline.
👉 The fix is simple: force column order as the last step

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v-dineshya
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Acrix ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.

 

Hi @Mohamed32  and @pbix1  Thank you for your prompt responses.

 

Hi @Acrix , could you please try the proposed solutions shared by @Mohamed32  and @pbix1 ? Let us know if you’re still facing the same issue we’ll be happy to assist you further.

 

Regards,

Dinesh

Hi @Acrix ,

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet. And, if you have any further query do let us know.

 

Regards,

Dinesh

pbix1
Resolver II
Resolver II

You can also try:

 

Untick 'Enable Load' in Power Query for the relevant query

Apply changes

Go back to Powerquery

Tick 'Enable Load' in Power Query for the relevant query

Apply changes

 

That should then reload the entire query to Table View as if it was a new query being added.

In table view, you can also remove the DAX that refers to the query, replace it with something else as a holder and then put the original DAX back in. That should refresh it, but calculated columns will also move to the beginning. These can however be re-ordered if needed by deleting and re-creating in the positions you want.

 

These are just things you could experiment with. Re-ordering calculated columns is a bit of a pain though..

Mohamed32
Advocate III
Advocate III

What you’re seeing isn’t a bug—it’s how Microsoft Fabric / Power Query behaves after applying transformations.

Why this happens

In Power Query Editor, the column order reflects the step-by-step transformations you applied.

But once you Close & Apply, the model (Table View) may:

  • Reorder columns based on internal schema updates
  • Treat newly created columns (like from Split Column) as “added later”, so they appear at the end
  • Ignore visual order unless it’s explicitly enforced in the query steps

How to fix it (best practices)

✔️ 1. Explicitly reorder columns in Power Query

After your transformations:

  • Go to Home → Choose Columns → Reorder Columns
  • Or drag columns manually into the correct order

👉 This creates a step like: Reordered Columns

This step locks the order when loaded into Fabric.


✔️ 2. Check the last applied step

Sometimes the issue happens because:

  • You reordered columns before splitting/removing columns

📌 Fix:

  • Move the Reorder Columns step to the very last step in Applied Steps

✔️ 3. Use “Choose Columns” instead of removing

Instead of:

  • Split → Remove column

Try:

  • Split → Choose Columns (keep only what you need)

This avoids hidden reordering issues.


✔️ 4. Verify in Data Model vs Query

Remember:

  • Query Editor = transformation logic
  • Table View = final model structure

So always ensure the final step defines the structure


Pro tip (advanced)

If you’re comfortable with M code:

  • Add this at the final step:
Table.ReorderColumns(Source, {"Col1", "Col2", "Col3"})

This guarantees exact ordering regardless of earlier steps.


Bottom line

Your column moved because Fabric treats it as a new column added late in the pipeline.
👉 The fix is simple: force column order as the last step

v-dineshya
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Acrix ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.

 

Hi @grazitti_sapna  and @tayloramy Thank you for your prompt responses.

 

Hi @Acrix , could you please try the proposed solutions shared by @grazitti_sapna  and @tayloramy  ? Let us know if you’re still facing the same issue we’ll be happy to assist you further.

 

Regards,

Dinesh

Its ok I just ignored the Table View, ty

tayloramy
Super User
Super User

Hi @Acrix

 

Inside the table view the columns will go to the end, however when you build a report you can arrange the columns in your visuals however you want. 

ENd users don't see the table view, only the report developer does.  





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grazitti_sapna
Super User
Super User

Hi @Acrix,

 

I hope you selected columns in the last step, if it's not working then there's no other solution to reorder columns in table view

grazitti_sapna
Super User
Super User

Hi @Acrix,

 

Try below fixes:-

 

Explicitly reorder columns in Power Query (Best Practice) - After splitting the columns add another step go to transform -> Reorder columns and order the columns in correct order.

 

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Yes, I did make the Reordered Column, last step, it looks good in Editor after transformed it still go to the end, I can't even move it back by dragging in Table View

HI @Acrix,

 

Try select coulmns instead of remove columns : go to Choose Columns then Select Columns and select the columns in the order in which you want to show them, this should fix your issue.

Hi, it is the same in Table View, my orders of edited cols became like 1 2 4 5 7 9 3 6 8, all go to the end and is there anyway to drag and drop in Table View or what, it looks messy

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