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skedis
Helper I
Helper I

Ranking a text category column

Hello eveyone,

 

I'm having trouble finding a solution to a problem I'm facing. I have a column called years_appointed which categories based on a year range. I'd like to be able to have the data sort desc but because it is a text value it sorts incorrectly, so I need another column that attaches a numeric value to be able to sort. However, when I create a new column using a switch statement to create a numeric value to be able to sort I get a circular dependency issue.

 

What I have:

Years Appointed
<2
10+
5 to <10

 

I'd like to be able to use the years appointed column and have it display in the correct order. At the moment, if I sort based on Years Appointed it doesn't sort properly.

 

What I tried, but got a circular dependency when I tried to sort by rank on the years appointed column.

Years AppointedRank
<21
10+3
5 to <102

 

What I want to display:

Years Appointed
<2
5 to <10
10+

 

Any help is appreciated, thank you so much in advance for your expertise and time!

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parry2k
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Super User

@skedis if you added a RANK column based on Years, you can use the rank column on the sort by for Years. I would recommend adding rank column in PQ using the new function introduced recently Rank column (Preview) - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

 

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parry2k
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@skedis glad to hear it worked out. Cheers!

 

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parry2k
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@skedis if you added a RANK column based on Years, you can use the rank column on the sort by for Years. I would recommend adding rank column in PQ using the new function introduced recently Rank column (Preview) - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

 

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Thank you so much for your help. I didn't see the option to add a rank column, but I did choose to use PQ to add a rank conditional column. When grouping by rank on years appointed, I was able to successfully sort! 

 

TY!

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