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gadao
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Index Numbers Sort Dif from Source Table

Hello there, 

 

Got into something really strange and no idea how to solve it.

 

I have a aux table which contains information from the IDs of the main table. The data is divided in ID, Date, Status and Comment.

I sorted this table by Date, oldest to newest, then I grouped by ID and All Row as output, i edited the code in order to add a index number.

 

After that I merged all the columns, except the ID column.

 

At this point, i have two columns, the ID and the "information column"

 

I grouped again by ID and edited the code to merge the rows with a line break.

 

So far so good, i got what i need it.

 

I got a ID col and a "comeplete info" column. The data in the "Complete Info" column is in the order i wanted to.

 

Now i merged this aux table with the main table, the problem is that the data in the "Complete Info" is in a order different from the source, the aux table.

 

The thing is that all I did was a merge.

 

Aux Table - that's correct

Aux tableAux table

 

Main Table - It's different 

Main TableMain Table

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Greg_Deckler
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@gadao Try using Table.Buffer as you often need this in order to preserve a custom sorting in Power Query.



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Greg_Deckler
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@gadao Try using Table.Buffer as you often need this in order to preserve a custom sorting in Power Query.



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gadao
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Found the solution.

 

I need to buffer the table in order to the sort keeps its effects from that point beyond.

 

I used the Table.Buffer with the Table.Sort inside.

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