[Solved] Turn Off CategoryAxis Sorting In Column / Bar / Line Charts

[Joshua]

Hello Telerik Community,

 I have a column chart that is displaying data sorted alphabetically, and I would like to turn this off so that it displays the data based on the order of the array that I put in for the categories. I'm using Javascript for my charting needs and I have a dataset that is returning grouped data based on Month, and the month names are being sorted alphabetically as you can see in the screenshot below. I would like them to sort based on their order in the array which is already ordered properly based on months.

 Any thoughts?

 Thanks!

[Joshua]

I should add that my setup code looks like the following:

 $scope.reports[i].DataSource = {                        
                        series: $scope.reports[i].Series,
                        seriesDefaults: {
                            type: $scope.reports[i].ChartTypeSystemName
                        },
                        sort: false,
                        categoryAxis: {
                            categories: $scope.reports[i].CategoriesDisplay,
                            majorGridLines: {
                                visible: false
                            },
                            labels: {
                                rotation: "auto"
                            }
                        },
                        legend: {
                            position: "top"
                        },
                        theme: 'Fiori',
                        tooltip: {
                            visible: true,
                            template: "#= category # - #= series.name #: #= value #"
                        }
                    }; 

You'll notice that I'm manually bringing in my Series and Categories and the arrays that contain these are already in the correct orientation and should not be sorted, so basically I just want the chart to take what I give it, and display it in the same order.

[Iliana Dyankova]

Hi Joshua,

I am not quite sure what causes the illustrated outcome. Could you please provide a dojo which demonstrates your exact dataSource / series / categories configuration - this way I would be able to provide concrete recommendations and advise you further? Thank you in advance for your cooperation and time.

Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik