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francofava
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3 years ago
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Reverse sort in date table

I have created a date table using the code below. 

Accounting_Posting_Date = 

ADDCOLUMNS (

CALENDAR (DATE(2015,1,1), DATE(2030,12,31)),

"DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMMDD" ),

"Period", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMM" ),

"Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),

"Monthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "MM" ),

"YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),

"YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),

"MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),

"MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),

"DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),

"DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),

"DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),

"Quarter", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),

"YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" )

)
 
I am using the PERIOD in a matrix column, but cannot manage to reverse the periods.
 
I've tried creating a new column
 "RANK_" = -Accounting_Posting_date[Period]
and then use it to sort the period column but I get an error message about a circular dependency.

thanks!

  • francofava's avatar
    francofava
    3 years ago

    I've managed to solve it by adding the column directly when creating the table and then referring to it when sorting the other columns

    Accounting_Posting_Date =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
    CALENDAR (DATE(2015,1,1), DATE(2030,12,31)),
    "DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMMDD" ),
    "Period", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMM" ),
    "Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
    "Monthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "MM" ),
    "YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),
    "YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),
    "MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
    "MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
    "DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),
    "DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
    "DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),
    "Quarter", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
    "YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
    "Period_rank", -value(FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMM" ))
    )

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  • francofava's avatar
    francofava
    New Member
    3 years ago

    I've managed to solve it by adding the column directly when creating the table and then referring to it when sorting the other columns

    Accounting_Posting_Date =
    ADDCOLUMNS (
    CALENDAR (DATE(2015,1,1), DATE(2030,12,31)),
    "DateAsInteger", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMMDD" ),
    "Period", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMM" ),
    "Year", YEAR ( [Date] ),
    "Monthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "MM" ),
    "YearMonthnumber", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/MM" ),
    "YearMonthShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY/mmm" ),
    "MonthNameShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" ),
    "MonthNameLong", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmmm" ),
    "DayOfWeekNumber", WEEKDAY ( [Date] ),
    "DayOfWeek", FORMAT ( [Date], "dddd" ),
    "DayOfWeekShort", FORMAT ( [Date], "ddd" ),
    "Quarter", "Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
    "YearQuarter", FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYY" ) & "/Q" & FORMAT ( [Date], "Q" ),
    "Period_rank", -value(FORMAT ( [Date], "YYYYMM" ))
    )
  • Uspace87's avatar
    Uspace87
    Resolver III
    3 years ago

    francofava 

     

    you should create an index and then sort you "Period" column by the index. 

     

    Try to sort it by "Month Number" and see what happens.

    • francofava's avatar
      francofava
      New Member
      3 years ago

      thanks Uspace87 

      Can I do this in DAX?

      the few examples that I've tried also gave me the circular dependency error

      • Uspace87's avatar
        Uspace87
        Resolver III
        3 years ago

        francofava 

         

        you don't need to do it in dax.

         

        In you calendar table just sort you "Period" column by "Month_Year". The first time it will do it descending and the ascending or the other way around.