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BedhiafiAmira
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3 years ago
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Sort a matrix without adding the column

I have the following Matrix :

 

 

My measure is like below : 

 

Total_Sales = SUMX ( FactSales, FactSales[SalesQuantity] * FactSales[UnitPrice] )
 
and my DimDate contains :
  • CalendarMonthLabel
  • CalendarYear
  • CalendarMonthNumber which enables me to sort the result

How can I sort the matrix based on the CalendarMonthNumber and displaying only the CalendarMonthLabel ?

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  • PijushRoy's avatar
    PijushRoy
    3 years ago

    Hi BedhiafiAmira 

    As I saw, your month now sort as per Alphabetic order
    So you need to create a calculated column in your DimDate table, please change DAX as per your month column name

    MONTH_SORT = 
Switch(
True(),
Month = "January",1,
Month = "February",2,
Month = "March",3,
Month = "April",4,
Month = "May",5,
Month = "June",6,
Month = "July",7,
Month = "August",8,
Month = "September",9,
Month = "October",10,
Month = "November",11,
Month = "December",12)

     I used calendar month scquence, if your year start from June, so you need to put June as 1 

     

    Then click on your MONTH column and select SORT_MONTH column 

     

    Now click on table matrix visual change sory by month column

    If solve your requirement, please mark this answer as SOLUTION
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  • PijushRoy's avatar
    PijushRoy
    Community Champion
    3 years ago

    Hi BedhiafiAmira 

    As I saw, your month now sort as per Alphabetic order
    So you need to create a calculated column in your DimDate table, please change DAX as per your month column name

    MONTH_SORT = 
Switch(
True(),
Month = "January",1,
Month = "February",2,
Month = "March",3,
Month = "April",4,
Month = "May",5,
Month = "June",6,
Month = "July",7,
Month = "August",8,
Month = "September",9,
Month = "October",10,
Month = "November",11,
Month = "December",12)

     I used calendar month scquence, if your year start from June, so you need to put June as 1 

     

    Then click on your MONTH column and select SORT_MONTH column 

     

    Now click on table matrix visual change sory by month column

    If solve your requirement, please mark this answer as SOLUTION
    If this comment helps you, please LIKE this comment/Kudos

    • BedhiafiAmira's avatar
      BedhiafiAmira
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      I am getting a circular dependency when I try to sort the month by the calculated column.

    • BedhiafiAmira's avatar
      BedhiafiAmira
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      I had to use another calculated column : 

      MonthNameToBeUsedInSorting = DimDate[CalendarMonthLabel] 
       As I was using month name in creating the sort column I can not use that as a sort column
  • tamerj1's avatar
    tamerj1
    Community Champion
    3 years ago

    Hi BedhiafiAmira 

    from the table view select the month label column and click on "sort by column". From the drop down list select "month number".