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Author's profile photo Simon Lyng
Simon Lyng
January 11, 2022 1 minute read

How to perfom a “Custom sort” on linked models

It is not possible to do a custom sort on a dimension, when the chart contains data from 2 or more models which are linked together.

It is possible to do different sorts on dimension members in a chart when only one model is used in the widget:

  • Ascending
  • Descending
  • Custom

 

 

In the “Add Custom Order” – You are able to sort your Dimension members as you like

 

But when you have linked 2 models, you are no longer able to add a custom sort order.

 

 

The solution is to think ahead. With only one model in the widget, you Create a Custom sort, and name it so you can remember it.

 

Once the custom sort order is created, you link the models on the dimensions you wish, and create the look of the widget that you wish, and then you can actually select the custom sort, that you created before you linked the models in you widget.

 

 

So even though the custom sorting is not working out of the box in SAP Analytics Cloud, you are able to use the functionality if you ensure to do the steps in correct order:

 

  • Create the widget and add 1 model to the widget
  • Add a measure and the dimension you wish to show (and later sort on)
  • Create a Custom Sort on the Dimension, and give it a proper name
  • Link the model(s) you wish to the existing model in your widget
  • Now you can re-use the previous created custom sort in your widget

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      Author's profile photo Madhu Lodugu
      Madhu Lodugu

      Hi Simon,

      Thank you, but does the same apply to a table widget using linked models.

       

      Scenario: I have a dashboard which includes a table. I am linking 3 models. On trying the above, I am able to create a Custom Order after removing the links between the models then when I again recreate the links after creating the 'Custom Order' and try to add the dimension to the table (the table contains only measures from the fact model), I am not able to add the dimension now using the Add dimension option in Rows. I am only getting the '+Create Dimension Input Control'  (image attached) option in the drop down and not the members of the other model.

      Please suggest.