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a_fman
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Month on Chart x-axis Not Sorting Correctly

Using the following formatting code for the dates and they never seem to be able to be sorted correctly on the visual when sorting by MonthYear a-z. Why is this? It's quite frustrating.

 

MonthYear = FORMAT( DimDate[CalendarDate] , "MMM yyyy")

 

 

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v-qiuyu-msft
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Hi @a_fman,

 

This is due to the MonthYear column is TEXT data type, if we set the chart sort by MonthYear column, the X axis values will display based on the first character of the each value. 

 

To make the X axis sort based on calendar date order, you can change the Format of DimDate[CalendarDate] column as MMMM yyyy, set the X axis type as Categorical. Then set the chart sort by DimDate[CalendarDate] column. 

 

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Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-qiuyu-msft
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Community Support

Hi @a_fman,

 

This is due to the MonthYear column is TEXT data type, if we set the chart sort by MonthYear column, the X axis values will display based on the first character of the each value. 

 

To make the X axis sort based on calendar date order, you can change the Format of DimDate[CalendarDate] column as MMMM yyyy, set the X axis type as Categorical. Then set the chart sort by DimDate[CalendarDate] column. 

 

q1.PNGq2.PNG

 

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

Community Support Team _ Qiuyun Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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