# Cannot order visualization by median or percentile

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-order-visualization-by-median-or-percentile/207070>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-order-visualization-by-median-or-percentile/207070 "2019-11-08T08:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-order-visualization-by-median-or-percentile/207070/1 "2019-11-08T08:28:56Z")

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Hi,

I want to create a horizontal bar chart, which shows a percentile or median value, grouped by terms.  
How can I order by the metric I've set? Longest bars should be on top. Median or percentile are greyed out, so I cannot select this ordering. Any workarounds available? Why can't it be done?

I'm on version 7.4.2.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/d/ade3261cde802e851c8526b8e7a16fa626585d60.png)

Thanks,  
Andreas

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-order-visualization-by-median-or-percentile/207070/2 "2019-11-18T18:42:06Z")

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If you select the custom metric, can you create one to sort by?

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**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-order-visualization-by-median-or-percentile/207070/3 "2019-11-19T07:37:41Z")

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No, I already tried:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/0/70ef087edb293255a33cedfcf7b8ce8fe4434b53.png)

there is no percentile available.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-order-visualization-by-median-or-percentile/207070/4 "2019-12-17T07:37:43Z")

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