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Ordering a Column with text and numbers in numerical order


Below is two columns representing a 62 min time period broken down into minute by minute segments. I am having problems getting the segment name column to go in order ie ES-L FTD 1, ES-L FTD 2, ES-L FTD 3... I need them to be in order to produce minute by minute graph displaying the output data.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Segment Name    Time       Output Data
ES-L FTD 1       1:00
ES-L FTD 10      1:00
ES-L FTD 11      1:00
ES-L FTD 12      1:00
ES-L FTD 13      1:00
ES-L FTD 14      1:00
ES-L FTD 15      1:00
ES-L FTD 16      1:00
ES-L FTD 17      1:00
ES-L FTD 18      1:00
ES-L FTD 19      1:00
ES-L FTD 2       1:00
ES-L FTD 20      1:00
ES-L FTD 21      1:00
ES-L FTD 22      1:00
ES-L FTD 23      1:00
ES-L FTD 24      1:00
ES-L FTD 25      1:00
ES-L FTD 26      1:00
ES-L FTD 27      1:00
ES-L FTD 28      1:00
ES-L FTD 29      1:00
ES-L FTD 3       1:00
ES-L FTD 30      1:00
ES-L FTD 31      1:00
ES-L FTD 32      1:00
ES-L FTD 33      1:00
ES-L FTD 34      1:00
ES-L FTD 35      1:00
ES-L FTD 36      1:00
ES-L FTD 37      1:00
ES-L FTD 38      1:00
ES-L FTD 39      1:00
ES-L FTD 4       1:00
ES-L FTD 40      1:00
ES-L FTD 41      1:00
ES-L FTD 42      1:00
ES-L FTD 43      1:00
ES-L FTD 44      1:00
ES-L FTD 45      1:00
ES-L FTD 46      1:00
ES-L FTD 47      1:00
ES-L FTD 48      1:00
ES-L FTD 49      1:00
ES-L FTD 5       1:00
ES-L FTD 50      1:00
ES-L FTD 51      1:00
ES-L FTD 52      1:00
ES-L FTD 53      1:00
ES-L FTD 54      1:00
ES-L FTD 55      1:00
ES-L FTD 56      1:00
ES-L FTD 57      1:00
ES-L FTD 58      1:00
ES-L FTD 59      1:00
ES-L FTD 6       1:00
ES-L FTD 60      1:00
ES-L FTD 61      1:00
ES-L FTD 62      1:00
ES-L FTD 7       1:00
ES-L FTD 8       1:00
ES-L FTD 9       1:00

Solution

  • I would recommend setting an index (desired order) for your segment name.

    Officially, you can find Microsoft's solution here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-sort-by-column

    But, I think the following is more helpful: https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/SORT-Order/td-p/370139

    Thanks! William