Circular dependency when sorting by column

[AdamRobC]

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.

MaxRelativeMonth = CALCULATE(MAX('Calendar'[RelativeMonth]),FILTER('Calendar','Calendar'[Monthly Reporting Period]="TY" && 'Calendar'[Month Name]='Month Ordering'[Month Name]))

However this keeps resulting in circular dependency errors. Any help?

Thanks,

Adam

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@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

[AdamRobC]

@amitchandak thanks, that worked 🙂

[AlB]

@AdamRobC 

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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[AlB]

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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[AdamRobC]

@AlB The error occurs when trying to sort Month Name by MaxRelativeMonth. That is the entire table, there are only 3 columns.