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mespiritu
Helper I
Helper I

help with sorting by ascending order by earliest months

Please help with sorting I tried all the tricks I know. see screenshots below as an example

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added a custom column to help with sorting by still underable to sort

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wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

select the first column and "Sort By Column" of second column

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shafiz_p
Super User
Super User

Hi @mespiritu  You have to sort Employment_Retention in the power bi desktop by column "Sort by Emp Ret". To do this in power bi desktop, go to Table View > Select Employment_Retention > then click Sort By Column option > Select column "Sort by Emp Ret" and you are done. See image how you can achieve this in power bi:

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Hope this helps!!

If this solved your problem, please accept it as a solution and a kudos!!

 

Best Regards,
Shahariar Hafiz

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shafiz_p
Super User
Super User

Hi @mespiritu  You have to sort Employment_Retention in the power bi desktop by column "Sort by Emp Ret". To do this in power bi desktop, go to Table View > Select Employment_Retention > then click Sort By Column option > Select column "Sort by Emp Ret" and you are done. See image how you can achieve this in power bi:

shafiz_p_0-1732680885328.png

 

 

Hope this helps!!

If this solved your problem, please accept it as a solution and a kudos!!

 

Best Regards,
Shahariar Hafiz

wdx223_Daniel
Super User
Super User

select the first column and "Sort By Column" of second column

PwerQueryKees
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Super User

I am not an expert in PBI, but your Power Query does not seem to be the problem. One of the PBI experts may be able to help you.

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