Sort Chart Data

Organize chart data into a meaningful order to make it easier to understand, analyze, or visualize.

1. Click the Settings button on the Visual Actions menu.

2. In the Chart Settings panel, under Sort by, choose the value that you want to sort the grouping by:
   

• To sort data based on the magnitude of the metric values, click Metric value.
• To sort data alphabetically based on the names of the attribute values, click Grouping order.
• To sort data based on the magnitude of the calculated differences between metric values, click Difference.

  Note: The Difference option is only available when you're comparing metrics in a Breakdown visual with a Difference or Side-By-Side+Difference view.
  



3. Choose the sort order:
   
   • To sort data from lowest to highest, click Ascending.
   • To sort data from highest to lowest, click Descending.
   

You can sort data for the following visual types:

• Breakdown
• Bubble Grid
• Trend Breakdown
• Distribution