Manual sorting in PowerPivot

When you have your own row labels and would like to sort them in your own order you can create a set and have them always in that order, also after refreshing the data.

This is the starting point, we have (string) labels of the length of an employment. PowerPivot sorts them in this order, from 0 - 1 - 2 to 5.

What we would like to have is this:

This can be achieved by creating a Set for the Row Labels. You can find the option on the (PivotTable Tools) Options ribbon, under "Fields, Items & Sets".

After selecting "Create Set Based on Row Items..." you can sort the items manually and give the set a relevant name.

After creating the set it also appears in the PowerPivot Field List under Sets: