Order by Hierarchy Date by year descending and month number ascending

[Simone2004]

Hi everyone,

I have more than one problem I couldnt resolve by myself.

I have this matrix:

I would like to order by default year descending (2021, 2020, ...) but quarters and month ascending (1, 2, 3, ...)

I have tryed to modifythe query. I clicked on transform data: 

And I ordered the table as I would like to have

The registry dimension_time is related to payment fact.

That was my first problem. Second one:

I would like to replace month number with month name. I have created a new column in this way:

 ```

month_name = SWITCH (

'registry dimension_time'[month],

1, "Jan",

2, "Feb",

3, "Mar",

4, "Apr",

5, "May",

6, "Jun",

7, "Jul",

8, "Aug",

9, "Sep",

10, "Oct",

11, "Nov",

12, "Dec",

BLANK ()

)

```

In my date hierarchy I have replace month with my new column month_name:

But now it order month by name:

Any idea how can I solve this other problem?

Last thing....  I am using direct query, not import.

Thank you

[Icey · Accepted solution]

Hi @Simone2004 ,

For your first problem, try this:

Put column [Year] into "Rows" field and sort descending. Then put [Quarter] and [Month] columns into "Rows" field and you'll get what you want.

For your second problem, it is needed to sort [month_name] column by [month] column like so:

Best Regards,

Icey

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[amitchandak]

@Simone2004 , For that you create a desc sort column for year

new columns

year 1 = [year]

year sort = rankx('Date', [Year],,desc,dense)

Mark Year Sort as sort column for year 1 and use year 1 in your visual

How to Create Sort Column and Solve Related Errors: https://youtu.be/KK1zu4MBb-c