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I am using a SQL Server connection in VS and importing tables. In my table, I have a Date column and then another column that is extracting the Month_Name of the Date column.
Example
Date Month_Name
01/05/2021 January
03/07/2021 March
08/21/2021 August
I used the following script in Advanced Editor in VS to do this:
#"Extracted Month Name" = Table.TransformColumns(#"Filtered Rows", {{"Month_Name", each Date.MonthName(_), type text}})
Then when I go to by Power BI dashboard and display the Month_Name in a table, it is not ordering by date, it's ordering alphabetically.
(August, January, March)
How do I get this column to order by date?
(Can't edit the column in PBI since I'm using a VS connector)
@Anonymous Hmm, well, you need to use a Sort By column that is the numeric month number.
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