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Circular dependency when sorting by column
Hi,
I would like to sort my month names by a calculated column based on the previous 12 month period. I have got the values populating in a suitable way using relative months to the current month.
However this keeps resulting in circular dependency errors. Any help?
Thanks,
Adam
AdamRobC , As you are using month name in creating the sort column you can not use that as a sort column
Create a column
Month Name 1 =[Month Name]
MaxRelativeMonth = CALCULATE(MAX('Calendar'[RelativeMonth]),FILTER('Calendar','Calendar'[Monthly Reporting Period]="TY" && 'Calendar'[Month Name]='Month Ordering'[Month Name]))
Sort Month Name 1 on the new sort column and use that is the visual. Do rename as per need
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AdamRobC , As you are using month name in creating the sort column you can not use that as a sort column
Create a column
Month Name 1 =[Month Name]
MaxRelativeMonth = CALCULATE(MAX('Calendar'[RelativeMonth]),FILTER('Calendar','Calendar'[Monthly Reporting Period]="TY" && 'Calendar'[Month Name]='Month Ordering'[Month Name]))
Sort Month Name 1 on the new sort column and use that is the visual. Do rename as per need
amitchandak thanks, that worked 🙂
Hi AdamRobC
When do you get the circular dependency error, when creating the calc column or when trying to "Sort by"?
Can you show the full table (columns)?
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Ok, but you are using the Calendar table in the calculation as well.
Can you create that sorting column in Power query instead? That should avoid the issue.
Otherwise I'd need to see the calendar table its columns) and the its relationship with 'Month ordering'. If you can share the pbix, much better
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