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    PowerPivot - Sort by column working in Powerpivot, but not actual pivot table

    Hello All
    I have brought a column into my pivot table from the calendar table, with this format: "W/E - Feb 08", "W/E - Mar 08", etc....
    Obviously this won't be sorted correctly if it is sorted alphabetically, so i also brought in a week # column, and sorted my "W/E" column based on the "Week #" column".
    In Powerpivot, this worked perfectly. If i sort based off of that column, it does Feb, then Mar, then Apr.
    BUT.... If I switch to my pivot table, it is not updating how it is sorted.

    Update: If I make a NEW pivot table, it will sort correctly. but the existing pivot table will not. even if I remove the field, and add it back in, it won't sort correctly.
    Really frustrating, as I don't want to make this pivot table from scratch, and recreate the graph I have made, but... doesn't seem to be another way. If anyone else knows a way of refreshing the sort of this column in the pivot table without creating a new pivot table, please let me know. Refreshing the pivot table also did not help, so.... not sure what else to try.
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    Re: PowerPivot - Sort by column working in Powerpivot, but not actual pivot table

    Hi Melvinrobb,

    Can you post the file for testing?

    Thanks
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    Re: PowerPivot - Sort by column working in Powerpivot, but not actual pivot table

    Unfortunately that won't be possible, because of the data sensitivity.
    It would also take quite a while to reproduce the scenario with mock data, and I am not confident I could reproduce the error.
    This time, I just went ahead and made a new pivot table and graphs.
    I will just need to see what happens the next time I try this sort, and if the same issue occurs, I may have to bring up this issue again, and go to the work of making a mock workbook.

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