# Customize your sort order of a text column in the table

**URL:** <https://community.holistics.io/t/customize-your-sort-order-of-a-text-column-in-the-table/659>\
**Category:** Tips and Showcases\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/customize-your-sort-order-of-a-text-column-in-the-table/659 "2022-01-11T08:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![anthonytd](https://community.holistics.io/user_avatar/community.holistics.io/anthonytd/32/374_2.png) [@anthonytd](https://community.holistics.io/u/anthonytd)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://community.holistics.io/t/customize-your-sort-order-of-a-text-column-in-the-table/659/5 "2022-01-14T09:31:45Z")

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I guess we can do something like “01 - val1”, but yeah, the workaround is not scalable, the long-term solution is being voted and discussed here

> [@Order by Another Dimension](https://community2.holistics.io/t/order-by-another-dimension/634):
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> It is frequently needed to order dimension elements other than alphabetically. To avoid having to concatenate a numeric field, it would be very useful to be able to specify an “Order By” dimension.

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