Sort Filters

@maz
Yup, @jayanthan isn’t alone! I do the same thing with categorized lists for highly dimensional data having dozens even hundreds of members that must be in a certain order something like:
1 | Red | Something
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2 | Green | Something
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3 | White | Something
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4 | Brown | Something

In my case it’s because Metabase doesn’t support cascading / dependent / linked filters so often requested in this forum and on github. Can do it for embeds outside of Metabase BUT that requires refreshing the page or the iframe every time and loosing all other filter settings within the iframe. Overcoming that would require listening to actions within the iframe and saving off the last known settings in my app and reloading them on refresh or login (looking into that).

Eventually the Metabase team will probably get around to ordered lists, cascading filters, and the like. Quite a few of us will be rejoicing on that day! In the meantime Metabase’s new searchable filter lists (new to me anyway) may help and I’ll find ways of working within the existing technology.

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