# Order non-numeric y-axis

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**Category:** 📊 Plotly Python\
**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/order-non-numeric-y-axis/53334 "2021-05-26T19:24:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![PackElend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@PackElend](https://community.plotly.com/u/PackElend)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/order-non-numeric-y-axis/53334/9 "2021-05-28T14:43:12Z")

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rather this  
x-axis: time/date  
y-axis: category

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/plot/original/2X/e/e824a3c47abdc3cdd800b3b4ca508c44f74220f7.png)  
(painted in PowerPoint)

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