I have created a dashboard that is controlled by a series of slicers and pivot tables. Here is a snippet of the data sorted according to Metric (Each Metric is associated with a Year and Quarter):
| Metric |
| 0.0. |
| 1.0. |
| 1.1. |
| 1.1.1. |
| 1.1.2. |
| 1.1.3. |
| 1.1.4. |
| 1.1.a. |
| 1.1.b. |
| 1.1.c. |
| 1.10. |
| 1.2. |
| 1.2.1. |
| 1.2.2. |
| 1.2.3. |
| 1.2.4. |
| 1.3. |
| 1.4. |
| 1.5. |
| 1.6. |
| 1.7.1. |
| 1.7.3. |
| 1.7.6. |
| 1.8. |
| 1.9. |
| 10.1. |
| 10.1a-(1b-5b). |
| 10.1a-1a. |
| 10.1a-1b. |
| 10.1a-1c. |
| 10.1a-1d. |
| 10.1a-1e. |
| 10.1a-2a. |
As you can see in the data after the 1's it goes into the 10's and this is how it is also arranged in the slicer. I
need these to be arranged in the slicer in ascending order. There are 399 unique metric numbers when you consider all Years and Quarters.
Things I have tried:
-Create a custom list with the entire 399 metrics > Only reads in 255
-Create a custom list for each period > Excel gets it right sometimes but not always
-Create a custom list for each year> Excel gets it right sometimes but not always
Limitations:
-I cannot edit the metrics in any way
