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Improve sorting

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on 08 Nov 2016 00:04:16

Improve sorting options, maybe also a panel for a custom sorting in each visual object (kind of sorting designer)

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:51:16

RE: Improve sorting

I'd like to be able to sort Matrix columns both by the column name, and by the value of the column subtotal.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:43:28

RE: Improve sorting

I'd like to add a sort column or row to help sort the items properly but then hide the item from the end users.

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:28:39

RE: Improve sorting

Month names are sorted alphabetically in my viz. This is crazy!

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Toby Fulton on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:16

RE: Improve sorting

Please can you make custom sorting easier!! Setting up custom sort tables and relationships is very time consuming and not user friendly!! Custom sorting is such a core functionality.

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Bryan Kelley on 05 Jul 2020 23:23:31

RE: Improve sorting

Enhanced sorting capability is strongly desired as existing business processes and workflows expect to see lists in a defined (mostly custom) order.

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:02

RE: Improve sorting

See how Tableau does this. It's simple and powerful. I absolutely hate having to create sort order columns every time I want to change a sort order.

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Christopher Hazel on 05 Jul 2020 23:16:01

RE: Improve sorting

In particular I'd like to be able to sort the values in a table and lock the user from changing it.  Additionally, I'd like to be able to base my sorting on a field that I'm not necessarily showing in the table (or at least a field I can "hide").  Multi-level sorting of course would be an additional great add.  Perhaps sort options should be in the filters sections.  Obviously this might apply to other visualizations besides tables - maricies in particular. 

Thanks.