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Customize fields list ordering

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Ian Bennett on 17 Feb 2017 08:50:54

At least as an option, allow fields to be ordered the same as the source query rather than alphabetical. This way they can be put in a logical and consistent order.

Obviously, a workaround is to prefix each column name with a number but this is clunky, unattractive and a pain if the columns change often.

Comments (76)

Comments (76)

Eli Kleinberger on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:52

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Original order should be the default - other custom orders should be optional. I you don't give the user options, at least let us keep our original order please!

Nate Brunner on 06 Jul 2020 00:03:27

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Let's go Microsoft.

Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:16

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Please implement. Even the Pivot table in Excel has this basic feature.

Thomas on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:06

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Please implement this. We need to organize the fields as per our business logic and not in alphabetic order

Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:48

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Please add this. Absolutely essential!

William S Thomas on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:38

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Currently the FIELDS area lists fields by alphabetic order within a data object (or EXCEL file). There is no option to display fields in the order they appear in the data object or in the EXCEL file. This makes it more difficult to find fields because they are out of order and scrambled when compared to an Excel workbook or data file.
Therefore, Provide the option to list fields by their order within worksheets and other objects OR alphabetically.