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Samruddhi_11
Helper I
Helper I

Sort by Month - Year

Hii,

 

Here is my Month-Year column,

 

Samruddhi_11_1-1633349428560.png

 

Currently, It is sorted by alphabetic order of month but I want by ascending order of year. For e.g, 

September2020, October2020, November2020, March2021, May2021 like this.

 

Please suggest me any idea on this. Thanks in advance!!!

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v-yetao1-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Samruddhi_11 

Change the date format to whole number will better you sort the Month – Year .

(1)Make sure the Month-Year column is in Date format . If not ,change it to Date format .

(2)Create a column to return the whole number format for the Month-Year column .

Year-Month = YEAR('Table'[Date])*100+'Table'[Date].[MonthNo]

(3)Create a column to return the Text format for the Month-Year column .

month year = FORMAT('Table'[Date],"MMMM") & YEAR('Table'[Date])

(4)Select the visual ,and Sort by Year-Month , then choose Sort ascending .

The final result is as shown :

Ailsamsft_0-1633575234171.png

I have attached my pbix file , you can refer to it .

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

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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Samruddhi_11
Helper I
Helper I

 

Thanks!

mahoneypat
Employee
Employee

Also consider using a "No Sort" Date table like shown here.  M and DAX code provided.

No Sort Date Tables! – Hoosier BI

 

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v-yetao1-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Samruddhi_11 

Change the date format to whole number will better you sort the Month – Year .

(1)Make sure the Month-Year column is in Date format . If not ,change it to Date format .

(2)Create a column to return the whole number format for the Month-Year column .

Year-Month = YEAR('Table'[Date])*100+'Table'[Date].[MonthNo]

(3)Create a column to return the Text format for the Month-Year column .

month year = FORMAT('Table'[Date],"MMMM") & YEAR('Table'[Date])

(4)Select the visual ,and Sort by Year-Month , then choose Sort ascending .

The final result is as shown :

Ailsamsft_0-1633575234171.png

I have attached my pbix file , you can refer to it .

 

Best Regards

Community Support Team _ Ailsa Tao

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Thanks! 

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Samruddhi_11 , Create a column like this in table and mark that as sort column

Month Year sort = FORMAT([Date],"yyyymm")

 

How to Create Sort Column and Solve Related Errors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK1zu4MBb-c

 

 

Sort Month Year.png

Hi @amitchandak , I am getting below error while I am doing sorting by Month -Year Sort column

Samruddhi_11_0-1633350674619.png

 

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