Sorting Gallery by a sharepoint list column set up with choices

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(Disclaimer : English is not my first language)

Hi guys, I'm new on Power apps and this is my problem:

I have a sharepoint list called : List1

I have column within List1 called : Column1

Its values are from a multi choice Dropdown menu : "Choice 1" , "Choice 2", "Choice 3"

What I'm trying to do : Displaying a gallery based on List1 that is sorted in this order : Choice 1 then Choice 2 then Choice 3.

I always get an error telling me that I can't sort Column1 because "this type can't be sorted".

Sort(
 Filter(
 List1; 
 Column2=_User
 ); 
 Column1; 
 SortOrder.Descending
)

I'm filtering to display only the tickets regarding this _User.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

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NickMerrick 419 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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you have to sort by the columns extracted text value, since your attempting to sort a record data type, which cannot be sorted. So you first need to convert Column1 to text. You might be able to do that by useing Text(Column1) and if not try Text(Column1.Selected.Value)

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Hi @Anonymous ,

You cannot sort by a Table column - the best you will do here is the first selected item

Sort( AddColumns( Filter( List1; Column2=_User ); "SortCol"; First(Column1).Value ); SortCol; SortOrder.Descending )

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@NickMerrick wrote:
you have to sort by the columns extracted text value, since your attempting to sort a record data type, which cannot be sorted. So you first need to convert Column1 to text. You might be able to do that by useing Text(Column1) and if not try Text(Column1.Selected.Value)

Well thanks for your help.
This solution seems to almost work but let me add another problem here : I need to sort but not alphabetically.
Any thoughts on how to proceed ? 😓

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@WarrenBelz wrote:
Hi @Anonymous ,
You cannot sort by a Table column - the best you will do here is the first selected item

Sort( AddColumns( Filter( List1; Column2=_User ); "SortCol"; First(Column1).Value ); SortCol; SortOrder.Descending )

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Thank you for your answer.
I'm getting an error on First(Column1).Value -> not valid argument type (Record). Tablue value expected.

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@Anonymous ,

I can only respond to what you posted

and the code I posted is valid for that field type (multi-choice column)

Sort( AddColumns( Filter( List1; Column2=_User ); "SortCol"; First(Column1).Value ); SortCol; SortOrder.Descending )

If Text(Column1) is working, then the field cannot be multi-choice - it must be something else.

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Pardon my english, maybe this kind of Type is not what is called multichoice in english.
I tried to translate to generic informations because everything is in French 😅

The order I want to sort my gallery is Non lu > A traiter > En cours TM > En cours INTSS > Observation > Traité > clôturé.
Because Non lu = Unread and I want these labelled ticket to appear at the top of my gallery

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Still strange that Text works, even if it is Single Choice - normally that would be

Sort( AddColumns( Filter( List1; Column2=_User ); "SortCol"; Column1.Value ); SortCol; SortOrder.Descending )

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