# Why the pivot function has no option to manage the order?

**URL:** <https://community.easymorph.com/t/why-the-pivot-function-has-no-option-to-manage-the-order/2717>\
**Category:** General Q&A\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/why-the-pivot-function-has-no-option-to-manage-the-order/2717 "2021-05-11T07:32:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.easymorph.com/t/why-the-pivot-function-has-no-option-to-manage-the-order/2717/3 "2021-05-12T23:10:42Z")

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> [@Florent](#):
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> With pivot, columns order are alphabetical.

Not alphabetical, just sorted left to right in ascending order.

> [@Florent](#):
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> Why pivot don’t have option to choose order ?

How would you envision such an option?

> [@roberto](#):
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> Maintaining column order in pivot would be great!

It's not possible to maintain column order because column names before pivoting can come in a column in a different order in different groups. In one group it can be A to Z but in another group it can be Z to A.

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