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Bar chart "X-AXIS SORT BY" options differ when "DIMENSIONS" is set

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Description

### Bug description

When creating a bar chart there is the option to sort the x-axis or y-axis when in horizontal mode. This dropdown option presents different values when a dimension is defined in the section "DIMENSIONS" compared to when there is no dimension defined.
In our case we want to order the x-axis by another column in our dataset, so we fill the "SORT BY" section as follows:

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then we get the following options to sort the x-axis, which work well and allow us to order the x-axis by that dataset column:

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however, when we define a dimension to present our metric stacked by that dimension the options to sort the x-axis change to this:

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This way we are not able to order the x-axis by the order column in our dataset.

Thank you for your time in advance.

NOTE: Using the chart "Bar Chart (legacy)" we can achieve the intended x-axis ordering with the following configuration:

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### Screenshots/recordings

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### Superset version

4.1.3

### Python version

3.9

### Node version

16

### Browser

Chrome

### Additional context

_No response_

### Checklist

- [x] I have searched Superset docs and Slack and didn't find a solution to my problem.
- [x] I have searched the GitHub issue tracker and didn't find a similar bug report.
- [x] I have checked Superset's logs for errors and if I found a relevant Python stacktrace, I included it here as text in the "additional context" section.

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Superset 4.1.3 by comparing the Bar Chart configuration with and without a DIMENSIONS value, then compare it with Bar Chart (legacy). Trace the chart control entry point responsible for X-AXIS SORT BY and determine why the dataset's order column disappears when a dimension is set; done means that column remains available for sorting in the stacked chart.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, react
Domain
data-visualization, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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