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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.

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a41eaa0d cad1-ea11-a812-000d3a8b3802 on 08 Sep 2020 18:26:05

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Many have already said it. When looking for populating certain logical data objects, like an address, we would like to be able to customize this order.

Street
City
State/Region
Zip
Country

Not alphabetical:
City
Country
State/Region
Street
Zip

And that's a simple example where you don't have addressee type information like a customer name or customer contact, etc. Add that, and the alphabetical representation makes even less sense to the end user.

City
Country
Name
Phone
State/Region
Street
Zip

Also, a similar idea seems to have been recorded here: https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=fa1e508d-c4fe-4886-b6f1-cc4c9b8b7757

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39430463 5d38-48cb-b3c1-64613f972464 on 06 Jul 2020 00:17:03

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Please implement the field's list ordering. Having the field list in alphabetical just make me create many tables that I consider annoying.

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efc91913 212b-40c4-8206-790148650e28 on 06 Jul 2020 00:14:04

RE: Customize fields list ordering

How has this been up for several years and hasn't been implemented yet?

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bb800b9a 649b-40da-bd92-d1d45d54c19b on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:52

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Please implement this.

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cd1baccd 84ee-49f8-8852-a9cb92cf415a on 06 Jul 2020 00:13:19

RE: Customize fields list ordering

This should be a option...pain ********** when you create data sets with specific columns at the end on purpose so that you can easily find them....

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02a27dda baa4-4eb6-a6df-9c8f8be6f7d2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:12:47

RE: Customize fields list ordering

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

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bc4c7e2f 53f1-4a01-b573-53eb853a6c41 on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:34

RE: Customize fields list ordering

I've used the software for 20 minutes and run into this immediately. This is appalling default behavior. Yikes.

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613dfc7f d495-43ba-ba80-c5254c83def5 on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:23

RE: Customize fields list ordering

I can't believe this can't be done yet. Often I work with primary data with 100+ fields extracted straight from databases which need to be constantly updated from PBI (I won't download the whole database everytime, so I can't do the column prefix workaround). Most databases have a logical order in their fields. The alphabetical ordering makes me lose so much time looking for each field because it's extremely ILLOGICAL.

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b1b2da88 395d-4ca1-b787-059d54889b96 on 06 Jul 2020 00:08:27

RE: Customize fields list ordering

It would be helpful to have the Field pane carry over the structure of the Queries pane in the Edit Query view. This allows a report writer to easily navigate the field pane grouped together in logical groups. Thanks.

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1041c938 910f-49e8-bccb-fb2a852034f6 on 06 Jul 2020 00:07:34

RE: Customize fields list ordering

Please use the sort order of the source - I can never find my fields