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In the tables below, all columns sort correctly. The wikitext for the first entry in each table in the first row is shown in the table header. Note: None of the table columns use the data-sort-type= modifier. Using data-sort-type= can sometimes break sorting when used with the template.
sortable – adds up & down icons to column headers which enable sorting the table on a given column. See sortable tables. mw-collapsible – See collapsible tables. [note 1] plainrowheaders – applies left-aligned and normal-weight formatting of row headers. See Table header layout.
If you just want one table from a long Excel page, you can select that table from the Calc page. Then copy the table to a new page in Calc. Edit and move columns and rows in Calc. To drag a column first select it by clicking its header number. Then press and hold the ALT key. Then click a data cell, and drag the column to a new location.
Currently, there does not seem to be a way to copy those tables to a wiki and keep styling such as colors (background or text color). It is possible to convert PDF tables to Excel and keep the colors. Or to HTML tables and keep the colors. But there does not seem to be a way to copy any of those colored tables (PDF, Excel, HTML, etc.) to a wiki.
The two most commonly used classes are "wikitable" and "wikitable sortable"; the latter allows the reader to sort the table by clicking on the header cell of any column. |+ caption Required for accessibility purposes on data tables, and placed only between the table start and the first table row. ! header cell Optional.
Edit-tricks are most useful when multiple tables must be changed, then the time needed to develop complex edit-patterns can be applied to each table. For each table, insert an alpha-prefix on each column (making each row-token "|-" to sort as column zero, like prefix "Row124col00"), then sort into a new file, and then de-prefix the column entries.
If a table is created in Visual Editor, the dialog includes a checkbox to "Make table sortable". If you check this box, then a reader can sort the table by any column, by clicking on the header cell for that column. Existing tables, or tables created in wikitext can be made sortable by adding the wikitable sortable class to the top of the table:
Mixed types of data in a column don't sort right. For example, in a column that's for calendar dates, don't put "Unknown" where a date isn't known. Just leave the cell blank. Numbers aren't displayed correctly. The sorting algorithm isn't thrown off by commas or decimal places, but it doesn't insert missing commas, or align a column of numbers ...