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How to sort data from left to right in pivot table?

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-08-05

In pivot table, we can easily sort the data in a column from largest to smallest or smallest to largest. Have you ever tried to sort data from left to right of a row in pivot table?

Sort data from left to right in pivot table

arrow blue right bubble Sort data from left to right in pivot table

Supposing I have the below pivot table, and now, I want to sort the values of KTE from left to right. To sort the row by its values, you can do with the following steps:

sample pivottable data

1. In the pivot table, right click a value cell in the row that you want to sort.

2. Then choose Sort > More Sort Options from the context menu, see screenshot:

click More Sort Options from the context menu

3. In the Sort By Value dialog box, choose the sort options - Smallest to Largest or Largest to Smallest as you need, and then check Left to Right under Sort direction section, see screenshot:

set options in the Sort By Value dialog box

4. After finishing the settings, click OK to close the dialog. And your specified row values have been sorted from left to right ascendingly. See screenshot:

the specific row data is sorted from left to right

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