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lennyt99
Helper I
Helper I

help! sort slicer chronologically

lennyt99_0-1666744645983.png

I have no idea why my fiscal yweek slicer isn't going from 1-53 in order. Can someone please help?

The fiscal month starts october...

 

THanks!

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v-yueyunzh-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi , @lennyt99 

This happens because your field is in a text format.Power BI sorts you in text format.

If you want to sort by Date , you can select the filed , and click "Sort By Column" in "Column Tools" , like this:

My test data :

vyueyunzhmsft_0-1666754946366.png

The result is as follows:

vyueyunzhmsft_1-1666754965362.png

For more infomation, you can refer to this document:

Sort one column by another column in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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lennyt99
Helper I
Helper I

@aniya, it works!!!


Thank you!

v-yueyunzh-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi , @lennyt99 

This happens because your field is in a text format.Power BI sorts you in text format.

If you want to sort by Date , you can select the filed , and click "Sort By Column" in "Column Tools" , like this:

My test data :

vyueyunzhmsft_0-1666754946366.png

The result is as follows:

vyueyunzhmsft_1-1666754965362.png

For more infomation, you can refer to this document:

Sort one column by another column in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best Regards,

Aniya Zhang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly

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