Stacked Bar Chart Descending order Based on Height

I have a stacked bar chart and I want to order the bars based on height. The tallest bar on the left. Is there an easy and reliable way to doing this. Also, I can concerned that I have two heights of the same value.
Thanks in advance.

hi Eric,
i am assuming that your stacked bar chart has more than 1 Show Value, correct?
if so the following will work:
1) create a new formula that adds up all of the different show values
2) copy and paste your chart beside the existing chart so you don't inadvertently wreck it with the following steps
3) in the new chart, using the Chart Expert add the new formula that is basically a sum of all of the show values
4) you can use the Top N > All based on the new formula
5) right click on the chart and then go to Chart Options, Axes, and then check Dual Axes
6) you'll now get a Multi Axes tab...make sure that the new formula is alone in one of the columns
7) you can go to the appearance tab and change the Overlap so that gaps are reduced
8) you can now preview the report again, right click on the new series and change it to transparent
cheers,
jamie

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