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Anonymous
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Organize data on column chart from the oldest data to the newest

Hi everyone, I have a column chart and I want to organize my data from the oldest data to the newest. In this case, for an unknown reason the data is organized like this: 2020, Dec / 2020, Nov /2021, Feb / 2021 , Jan
Is shown like this: 

brincos22_0-1612513066303.png

FYI: Ive created this column 

YearMonth = FORMAT([Created],"YYYY,MMM")
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lbendlin
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Super User

You need to change your YearMonth definition to 

YearMonth = FORMAT([Created],"YYYYMM")

or introduce a "Sort By"  column that sorts by month number, not by month name.

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lbendlin
Super User
Super User

You need to change your YearMonth definition to 

YearMonth = FORMAT([Created],"YYYYMM")

or introduce a "Sort By"  column that sorts by month number, not by month name.

Anonymous
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Thank you so much and sorry for this silly question! 😬

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