Differences Between Data Source Order and Alphabetic in Tableau Sorting
This post introduces the difference between two basic sorting options in Tableau that sort purely by the field’s values.
- In Data source order, Tableau separates strings from numbers and then compares the entire values. For example, in the case of "Galaxy S," since the string is the same, it sorts based on the numbers from 1 to 24.
- In Alphabetic, Tableau compares each digit individually. So instead of sorting 1 through 24, it sorts by the first digit (1 through 9), then moves to the next digits.