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Until now, charts sorted categories only alphabetically.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"whats-new","What's new:",[10,19,20,21,25,26,29],{},"Bar and pie charts now include a ",[22,23,24],"strong",{},"Sort Order"," section in the chart setup panel. You can choose to sort your chart's axis by value, by a specific field in your collection, or leave the default ordering. 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