Hello,
I am having trouble sorting columns. I would like to have a Dashboard that sorts the columns by Date descending as default. The user would then be able to change the sort depending on what they want to see. As per the attached Workbook, if they wanted to see all the States alphabetically, I would think they could hit the sort icon on the column header that would then sort the data by State. If they wanted to sort the data by Quantity descending, they could hit the sort icon and the data would be sorted. However, I am having trouble because the data is not being sorted by the desired column, it seems like the data stays sorted by Date, then sorts based off of date. I was wondering if this functionality was attainable?
Thank you,
Sorting by Date:
Sorting by State:
Hi Bryan,
Yes, this poor sorting function is one of weakness.
Tableau's sorting is always from left column to right column.
One workaround is below with parameter. I know still this is troublesome.
Thanks,
Shin
