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EricHHA
Helper II
Helper II

Can't sort Months

I'm having a lot of trouble to just order the months of the char below, chronolagicaly.

 

I searched on many topics on the internet but I simply don't know how to apply any of them on my case. I can't change my month column to "Date" and also can't create a measure to number it from 1 to 12.

 

Thanks for anyone who can help

 

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smearp
Employee
Employee

Hello Eric-  

 

Super common issue!  Since the month names are text, Power BI assumes that you want to sort them alphabetically.

 

You need to create an additional MonthNumber column (Creating a new conditional column in Power Query is probably where I'd do it) that basically says:

  • If Month = Jan, then 1
  • If Month = Feb, then 2
  • If Month = Mar, then 3
  • etc...

Then... in your model, select the month column, choose "Sort by column", and then choose the new MonthNumber column.

Tks a lot! It worked pretty fine indeed!

 

Have a good week.

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