How to force legend to stay in a Specific order

user03552

I have two questions:

1. Is there a way to sort the legend in a specific order and have it stay that way? 

I would like it to be as follows:

A

B

C

D

F

 

But I am having trouble finding the option in chart properties.

 

2. There is also an extra option in the key that is showing up that doesn't apply to anything. Is there a way to get rid of that?

 

I have attatched a screen shot for better understanding

Property_Ninja

You have to make sure your sort is set to "No aggregation"

BlueRooster

Normally I will use 2 sorts to achieve this. 

If your X axis is your date range, first add your date value to your sort (to keep that from getting messed up). Then add a 2nd sort for your Series value. That will allow you to set it Ascending or Descending alphabetical order.

 

Hope that helps,

Valiant

Property_Ninja

Hello,

 

Yes, drag your series into the "sorting" section and to get rid of the unwanted value, drag your series in the "filters" section and choose "Not In" and then select the blank value.

 

Hope this helps

 

Brian

 

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user03552

When I add my series to the sort section it is only altering the table setup and the order it is stacked in. But it is not changing the legend order. Any advice on that?

Property_Ninja

You have to make sure your sort is set to "No aggregation"

PankajDG

@user03552

Please use beast mode calculation as below:

Rank_Order:

CASE

WHEN field = 'A' THEN 1

WHEN field = 'B' THEN 2

WHEN field = 'C' THEN 3

WHEN field = 'D' THEN 4

WHEN field = 'F' THEN 5

END

Use this beast mode calculation in sorting(ascending).

Hope this helps!