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    Custom Sort/Order Table or Matrix

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    Anirudh on 06 Jul 2018 09:59:15

    Why is it so complicated to custom sort or order a column in power bi table or matrix? This is an extremely simple and basic requirement for any BI dashboard and it shouldn't be such a hassle to create Indices every time to sort.
    It doesn't seem practical to create indices for 10 columns each time I need to sort.

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    Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:02

    RE: Custom Sort/Order Table or Matrix

    Same with rows. In a P&L statement, I need to put items in sequence. Do you understand?! SEQUENCE!!!

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    Gary Thomann on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:53

    RE: Custom Sort/Order Table or Matrix

    Beef up the Matrix hierarchical sorting functionality as per:
    https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/11185431-add-a-multiple-columns-sort-featue 

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    CRAIG S MYERS on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:47

    RE: Custom Sort/Order Table or Matrix

    Columns in a matrix should have the same options as a pivot table in Excel. A report designer should be able to move columns left or right, beginning or end.