Sorting dimensions and rows
You can set the internal sort order for dimensions and rows. This is defined in the column definition.
Default sorting
By default (if "autoSort": true), the dimensions and rows are sorted in the order they are defined in the columns. Each dimension is sorted internally in the most common way for that type of data. Numbers are sorted numerically, ascending. Text is sorted alphabetically, ascending.
| Qlik Sense native chart | Default sorting |
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| Bar chart |
By default, a bar chart with one measure and one dimension is presented with vertical bars sorted descending on the measure. When a dimension has less than 10 values, the sorting is by dimension, alphabetically. You sort the dimensions individually of each other. Information noteIn bar charts with multiple dimensions, sorting is locked to the first dimension. This dimension is what groups and stacks are based on, and sorting on a different dimension or a measure would break up these groups in an undesirable way. If you still want to sort by the measure value, try using the option Sort by expression on the first dimension.
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| Box plot | By default, a box plot is sorted by the center line. You can also sort by first whisker, box start, box end or last whisker. |
| Combo chart | Sorted by the first item added, either the dimension or the measure. |
| Distribution plot | By default, a distribution plot is sorted by the outer dimension. |
| Gauge | A gauge only uses a single measure value, the first one under Measures. |
| Histogram | The histogram does not have any sorting section. |
| KPI | By default, the first added measure becomes the main value. |
| Line chart | By default, a line chart is sorted by the dimension. |
| Listbox | By default, a list box is sorted in ascending order. |
| Pie chart | A pie chart uses one measure and one dimension. By default, a pie chart is sorted by the measure in descending order. |
| Pivot table | A pivot table is sorted by the first dimension in the rows section (vertical). |
| Scatter plot |
The scatter plot does not have any sorting section, but the order of the measures decides where they are used. The first measure is used on the x-axis, the second measure is used on the y-axis, and the third (optional) measure is used for the bubble size (it is used to set the color on large data sets) in the scatter plot. You can only have one dimension in a scatter plot. |
| Table | By default, the column presents the dimensions and measures in the order they were added. Sorting order of rows: By default, the table is sorted in ascending order by the first dimension or measure. |
| Treemap | The treemap does not have any sorting section. The sorting is automatically by measure size. |
| Waterfall chart | - |
Sorting dimensions
Sorting on the dimensions are defined in the qSortCriterias object.
The qSortCriterias object
The qSortCriterias object defines the sorting criteria in the field and should be defined if "autoSort": false. If auto-sorting has been turned off and qSortCriterias is not defined, the visualization is by default sorted alphabetically ascending. The qSortCriterias object consists of the following properties:
Sorting measures
Sorting on the measures are defined in the qSortBy object.
The qSortBy object
The qSortBy object defines the sorting criteria in the field and should be defined if "autoSort": false. If auto-sorting has been turned off and qSortBy is not defined, the visualization is by default sorted alphabetically ascending. The qSortBy object consists of the following properties:
Inter column sort order
You can define the sort order of the columns in the hypercube. This is done in qInterColumnSortOrder that resides in the qHyperCubeDef.
Column numbers are separated by a comma. "qInterColumnSortOrder": [ 1, 0, 2 ] means that the first column to be sorted should be column 1, followed by column 0 and column 2.
Example:
Sorting examples
This section shows some common sorting examples.
Sorting by frequency
This example sorts the field values by frequency, that is number of occurrences in the field, ascending order.
This example sorts a list box by frequency, ascending order. Note that qSortCriterias is set in the qListObjectDef in the options for list boxes.
Sorting by numeric values
This example sorts the field values by numeric value, ascending order.
Sorting alphabetically
This example sorts the field by alphabetical, ascending order.
Sorting by expression
This example sorts the field values by an expression, ascending order.
This example sorts a list box by an expression, descending order. Note that qSortCriterias is set in the qListObjectDef in the options for list boxes.
Sorting by load order
This example sorts the field values by initial load order.