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Multiple Option Set sorts by Value not Label, not ordering, why?

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Is this a bug?

Why is my multiple option set sorting by Value and not Label?

Anyone else having this issue?

Is this a technical limitation of the Microsoft Dataverse?

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I want to order the saved results of my multiple choice select values by name, rather than ID.

For example it should be Apple, Banana, then Cucumber...

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    RE: Multiple Option Set sorts by Value not Label, not ordering, why?

    Hi Peter Ranieri,

    This should be by design. I get the same result with yours:

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    I find an idea about this, you could upvote it:

    Incorrect display order of option set field by und... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

    And I try to use JS to set its index, no luck. (index parameter doesn't work)

    addOption (Client API reference) in model-driven apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

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