Tableau - How to sort the fields

So apparently there are more than one ways to sort your fields. It took me at least two days until I realized and saw the two places. First one you simply google and find out that it is in the 'Default Properties' of the dimension. Simply click the arrow on the dimension, click 'Default Properties' and there is the sort option. 



But even after clicking that, the columns were not getting sorted the way I wanted. So I kept searching and searching and one fine moment found this. It never occurred to me that the same pill in the column (in my case) section also can influence the order. So clicked there and voila, I found that it was sorted manually. 



I hope this helps to newbies like me!

Happy Tableauing.. :P

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