Date table - can't sort other columns by date Getting error

[Cathryn]

Hi All

I am so stuck on this.  I created a date table with the code below but when I try to sort the Month column by the date so my dates show up in the correct order in charts, I get the error:

"We can't sort the 'Month' column by 'Date'.  There can't be more than one value in 'Date' for the same value in 'Month'.  Please choose a different column for sorting or update the data in 'Date'"

All the dates are unique so I can't figure out what else to do.

Calendar = var _caledndar = calendar("1/1/2019","12/31/2025") return ADDCOLUMNS(_calendar, "Year", YEAR([Date]), "MonthNumber", MONTH([Date]), "Month", FORMAT([Date], "mmm"))

The calendar code was copied from "Guy in a Cube"

How else can I sort the date table?

Cathryn

[parry2k]

@Cathryn you should sort Month column by Month Number instead of date column

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[Cathryn]

Thank you.  I tried your suggestion and it didn't work when I tried to then sort in my charts by year and then month.  

But, I recreated the calendar table in a previous version of my pbix file and it created the date hierarchy for me and using that, it showed the months and years in order.

Thank you so much for your quick response.

Cathryn

[dax · Accepted solution]

Hi @Cathryn , 

Did you want to get result like below?

If so, you could set "sort by " on Month like below

Best Regards,
Zoe Zhi

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[parry2k]

@Cathryn I'm bit lost, it should be super straight forward. Can you share your pbix file and share what is not working? seems like I'm missing something, if you have sensitive info in the file, please remove that before sharing. If you cannot share files here, my email is in the signature, please send me directly.