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  • 1.  Sorting Dashboard Visualisations

    Posted 06/03/26 11:04 AM

    I am dusting of my dashboard skills, it's been a while since I have used them. I have probably encountered this before - but my memory fails me. I am struggling to sort a visualisation. A simple task.

    I want to sort a bar chart by the measure descending. Put the biggest sellers at the top of the chart.

    Using the Go Sample Module.

    I have created a simple bar graph with Year and Quantity.

    I have set the sort on the Quantity to be descending.

    And yet the chart isn't sorted.

    I haven't set sort order on the Year in the chart, it is still on Auto.

    Within the Data Module the Year has been set to sort descending.

    It seems that if a data item is sorted in a Data Module the dashboard author isn't able to sort any visualisation that uses that data item to sort by a different item. Surely, that can't be right. Specific sort orders set on a dashboard chart should take precedence over anything set in the DM.

    I am on 11.2.4. Is this still like this in 12?

    Or am I making an obvious mistake and I can easily sort this chart how I like?



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    Marc Reed
    Reporting Lead
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  • 2.  RE: Sorting Dashboard Visualisations

    Posted 06/04/26 02:35 AM

    Hi Marc, 

    I did exactly the same in 12.1.2 using the original data module and overriding the data module sorting by the visualization sorting worked.

    Best regards, 

    Philipp



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    Philipp Hornung
    Product Owner & BI Manager
    Techniker Krankenkasse
    Hamburg Germany
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