How to sort a datatable by two columns?

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I have an Excel file with the a data table, and it has 4 columns: ID, Month, Location, and Score. I want to sort this table by 2 columns, in the correct order. First, sort the entire table by Location, and then after that, sort it by Month.

I was thinking about using Sort DataTable activity, but it seems to sort only one column. If I use two Sort DataTable activities, the second activity will most likely mess up the sorted datatable by the first activity, and this is not what I want.

I need to apply two kinds of sorting to the table. I will attach an image of the original unsorted datatable, and the sorted datatable. How could I do this?

The left is the original unsorted one. The right is what I want.
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Hi @tomato25
Kindly try with this query
datatablevariable = From x In datatablevariable.AsEnumerable() Order By convert.Tostring(x(“Location)”),convert.ToString(x(“Month”)) Select x).CopyToDataTable

For more info on this
Sort Excel by multiple column - #5 by Vijay_Tulsalkar

Cheers @tomato25

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It is giving an expression error…

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Never mind. I noticed it is missing the starting parenthesis.
Thank you for your help!

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