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Sorting Data

Sorting controls the order in which categories or rows appear within a visual, whether alphabetically, by value, or by a custom sort order defined through a separate sort-by column. Getting sort order right matters especially for categorical axes where a meaningful order, like months or a defined ranking, needs to be preserved rather than defaulting to alphabetical. Sort settings can be adjusted per visual independently of how the underlying table is ordered.

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• @official@Change how a chart is sorted in a Power BI report
• @official@Sort one column by another column in Power BI
• @video@Custom Sorting in 3 Easy Steps!