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welcome everyone today we're going to
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dive into a very useful skill in excel
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how to sort rows based on multiple
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criteria this is an essential technique
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that helps you organize your data in a
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more refined way making it easier to
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analyze and draw conclusions from
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complex data sets let's get started
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first select the range of data that you
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want to sort you can highlight the
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entire table or simply click on a cell
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inside the data set after that go to the
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data tab in excel and click on the sort
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option in the sort dialogue you'll see a
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list of columns available for sorting
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for example if your table includes
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information about countries and revenues
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you might first want to sort the data by
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country select country as the first
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criterion and click okay excel will
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rearrange the data listing the rows by
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country names in alphabetical order now
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if you want to sort the data by multiple
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criteria you can do that too click the
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add level button the little plus sign in
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the sorting dialogue to add another
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criterion for example after sorting by
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country you may want to sort by revenue
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choose revenue as the second criterion
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and decide whether to sort it from
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smallest to largest or largest to
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smallest click okay and excel will
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neatly organize your data first by
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country name and within each country by
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revenue this feature allows you to
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create layered sorting orders that make
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your data easier to read and more
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logical to work with whether you're
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analyzing sales data customer
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information or any other kind of data
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set sorting by multiple criteria helps
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you see the patterns clearly and spot
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the key insights more effectively once
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your data is sorted you'll notice how
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much easier it is to navigate large
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tables it's a simple yet powerful
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technique that can save you a lot of
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time and effort when managing
