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change lexicographic ordering of string type columns

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In the default view of an entity, I see that I can use the A-Z or Z-A ordering on a string column.
However, this puts ABC-12245 ahead of ABC-200 when I order A-Z. My goal is to sort on the value of the numerical part.
Any way I can change the default ordering to have Dynamics 365 look at the numerical part alone ? Thanks for any ideas.
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    Haig Liu Microsoft Employee on at
    change lexicographic ordering of string type columns
    Hi,
     
    We can only sort the string or numeric parts separately; it is not possible to sort a mixture of them.
    For example, create a calculated column that gets the numbers in the string individually and then sorts them by the size of the value. But then you can't take care of sorting the string.
     
    If my answer was helpful, please click Like, and if it solved your problem, I hope you can verify it to help other community members find more.
    Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.
    Regards,
    Haig

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