Assigning specific serial numbers

How do i assign specific serial numbers to rows like the picture below?
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Hi @Jane_Onwuchekwa ,

What is criteria to group a & b into index 1 likewise c & d to 2 ? If you have column which defines these grouping already then you can use rank function something like

rank([col1 ASC], [col2],PRE_FILTER)

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SerialNo
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The columns have already being grouped into categories.

Field1 Field2 Category serial no
a aa category1 1.01
b bb category2 2.02
c cc category1 1.02
d dd category3 3.01
e ee category2 2.02
f ff category3 3.02
g gg category4 4.02
h hh category1 1.03

There are table visuals created for each category. I want to create a sequential serial number like below.

category1 category2
Field1 Field2 Category serial no Field1 Field2 category serial no
a aa category1 1.01 b cc category1 2.01
c cc category2 1.02 e ee category3 2.02

Hello @Jane_Onwuchekwa , thanks for the clarification.

Please notice that assigning serials that groups rows based on a certain column value (category in this case) would be simpler to do on the data backend, for example several backends support the NTILE operation that would allow you to group rows based on categories and then use the group field to generate the serial, where the group would be the first part.

Doing this on the BI layer wont be possible as it requires going through the different rows (grouping by the Category), QuickSight has table calculation functions that you can use to create ranks and groups but they operate only with numerical fields not literals (the category in this case) .

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